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Copyrighted, 1894, by Byron E. Helman. 
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PREFACE. 



This Manual has been prepared in response to manj 
kindly urgent requests to " tell how to make the wheel 
go." It aims to be helpful to the L,eaguer seeking de- 
tails ; to the aspirant who wants the broadest outlook ; 
to the earnest, faithful soul who has just been elected 
an officer and " wants to do his duty" but "does not 
know how " and who needs the very simplest informa- 
tion. 

Many repetitions will be noted. This is due to a de- 
sire to impress certain matters that the writer deem& 
very essential, or in some cases they are permitted in 
order to round up the work under a given head. The 
critic will kindly bear with these for the sake of the 
many who may need them or of those who needing all 
may read but that part having to do with their own work. 

The writer would be pleased to receive from league 
workers suggestions as to other plans and methods that 
have proved successful, programmes, reports, etc., that 
will be of general interest. In a future edition, this 
material will be garnered for the common good. 

Fraternally, 

BYRON E. HERMAN. 

Cx,3V3i,and, Ohio. 



INDEX. 



[Figures in parenthesis refer to paragraphs) 



PAGE. „ 

" All at it and always at it" 21 (g), 25, 44 (3) 

Annual Meeting if 

Application Cards ..49 (1), 105 

" Assignment to Duty " Cards 106 

Badges 8, 50 (6) 

By-laws : 

General league 90 

I^ocal Chapter 7 (7), 96 

Cabinet, The 17 

Chorister, The 49 (3) 

Colors, The league 8 

Conference leagues 7 (3) 

Constitution of General league 88 

" " I<ocal Chapter 7 (6), 92-96 

Conventions , 73 

Correspondence, Department of. 54 

Cottage Prayer-meetings 36 (25) 

Departments— why 24 

" names of and work under 93~95 

" harmony of. 25 

" relation between 24 

" of Spiritual Work 29 

•« << Mercy and Help 39 

" " literary Work 44 

" " Social Work 49 

M " Correspondence 54 

" " Finance 58 

" Record Cards 112 

Devotional Meetings 14, 29 

Discipline— Articles relative to league. .88-91 

District leagues. 

Presiding Elder's 69 

General Conference 69 

Dues n (d), 66 (21) 

"Election of Officers n 



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Emergency e und.- ...41(16) 

employment Bureau 43 (31) 

Entertainment Outlines 116 et seq. 

Epworth Guards 67 (27* 

" League— what it is 7 (1) 

" " its divisions 7 (2) 

11 its government 7 (5} 

theory of. 22 

the first 113 

" Epworth Wheel " 90 

Finance, Department of. 58 

First Vice-President 29 

Forms 105-111 

Fourth Vice-President 49 

Graduation of Juniors , 101 

" Group Meetings " 70 (6), 73 (8) 

Harmony of the Departments 20 (F), 25 

Installation of Officers 13, 102 

Junior Graduations 65(16), 101 

" League 63 

" Superintendent 63, 68 

League at Work 26 

Xiterary Work, Department of. 44 

Meetings : 

Annual 15 

Cabinet 17 

Department 16 

Devotional 14 (1), 29 

Group 70 (6), 73 (8) 

Monthly 14 (2} 

Officers and Committee, Joint 16 

Mercy and Help Work, Department of. 3§ 

Missions 37 (30) 

Monitor 57 (16) 

Motto 8 

Music 30 (5) 

Organize—How to ■ 9 

Officers : 

Names and number , 95 

Election of. 12 

Installation of. 13, 102 

Parliamentary Law 80 et seq. 

Pledge 8 

President, duties, etc 26 



Programmes : page, 

For Cabinet Meetings , iS 

" Devotional Meetings 3c 

" Junior league Meetings 65 (18) 

" Monthly Meetings 14, 44(1), 45 

Reading Clerk 47 (g) 

Reception of New Members 99 

Relation between Departments 24 

Reports 47 (d). hi 

Reporter , 56 (8) 

Scrap Books for Officers 27 (12) 

Second Vice-President 39 

Secretary 54 

Sentiments, League 8 

Services : 

Opening 75-77 

Closing 78-79 

Socials 15, 51 

Social Work, Department of 49 

Spiritual Work, 11 " 29 

Systematic Giving 60 

Ten Doctrines of Grace 86 

Theory of the Epworth League 22 

Third Vice-President 44 

Topics and Topic Cards 30 (3) 

Transfer Cards : 109 

Treasurer 58 

Ushers and their Duties 32 (6), 50 (4) 

Visitation 40 

Visiting Cards 107, 111 

Work of the Departments , 29 



THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. 

1. The Ep worth League is the name of the young 
people's society of the Methodist Church. Where used 
in relation to any branch of that great ecclesiastical 
body, it is qualified by adding the divisional name ; as, 
the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
South, the Epworth League of the Methodist Church of 
Canada, the Epworth League of the Wesleyan Methodist 
Church, etc. 

2. For the effective carrying on of its work the 
League is organized as follows : The Epworth League ; 
the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
(using this branch as illustrative) ; the General Confer- 
ence District Epworth League ; the District (Presiding 
Elder's) Epworth League; the Chapter (the League in 
the local church). 

3. There maybe Sub-District, Conference, and State 
Leagues, but they are not parts of the system. 

4. The League of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
exists by the authority of the General Conference of 
that Church and is subject to it. See pages 88-91. 

5. The general direction and management of the 
League is vested in the Board of Control, a body com- 
posed of fifteen persons appointed by the Board of 
Bishops, one of whom shall be a Bishop, who shall be 
President of the Epworth League and of the Board of 
Control, and of one member from each General Confer- 
ence District, to be chosen, at the General Conference, 
in the several General Conference Districts respectively. 
This body elects the general officers of the League, with 
the exception of the Secretary and Editor of the Epworth 
Herald, who is elected by the General Conference. 

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS FOR CHAPTERS. 

6. The Constitution is subject to change by the 
Board of Control, but not by local Chapters. 

7. The By-Laws, relating as they do to management, 
are subject to change and amendment by local Chapters. 



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Pledge. — Bach Chapter may decide for itself whether 
it shall require the Pledge as a condition of membership. 
Chapters are not permitted to vary the wording of the 
Pledge or omit any parts of it. It is deemed best to 
vest this power in the Board of Control only. The Con- 
stitution says : 

Wherever a Chapter so decides, there shall be two classes of 
members, active and associate. Active members shall, in addition 
to election, as provided in section i, subscribe to the following 
pledge : 

I will earnestly seek for myself, and do what I can to help 
others attain, the highest New Testament standard of experience 
and life." I will abstain from all those forms of worldly amuse- 
ment forbidden by the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and I will attend, so far as possible, the religious meet- 
ings of the Chapter and the Church, and take some active part 
in them. 

In such cases, active members only shall be eligible to election 
as officers of the Chapter. Associate members shall be entitled to 
all other privileges of membership. 

Colors. — The Epworth League colors consist of a 
white ribbon with a scarlet thread running lengthwise. 
The white is emblematical of the purity of Christ's 
life ; the red, his blood shed for us. 

Badge. — The badge is a Maltese cross, bearing on the 
right and left sections the initials of the Bpworth 
League and in the center a cross from which rays of 
light issue. The motto is in the circle around the 
center. 

Motto.— " Look up, lift up." 

Sentiments. — "I desire to form a league, offensive 
and defensive, with every soldier of Jesus Christ."— Tohn 

Wesley. 

"We live to make our own church a power in the 
land, while we live to love every other church that ex- 
alts our Christ." — Bishop Simpson. . 



HOW TO ORGANIZE A CHAPTER, 



PRELIMINARY. 

1. Consult with your Pastor and secure his consent 
to organize a League and ask for his co-operation in 
organizing it. 

2. Secure a copy of the Constitution, the By-Laws and 
other League literature. You can get these free of 
charge by writing to the Central Office of the Bpworth 
League, No. 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 

3. Study these leaflets and become familiar with 
their contents so that you may be able to tell others 
about the League. 

4. Talk the matter up with persons likely to become 
members. 

5. Have the Pastor announce a time and place for a 
meeting to organize a League. 

6. Ask your Pastor to be present. Invite some of 
the official members of the church also. 

7. Prepare a ruled paper or a book to be used for re- 
cording the names and addresses of members. You 
can cut one or more copies of the Constitution into 
parts and paste them on the paper or in the book, and 
beneath these arrange for the names and addresses of 
members. 

8. Have some one draw the " Bpworth Wheel " on 
the black-board or on a large sheet of cloth or paper. 
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lesson in setting forth the division into departments 
and the work and methods of the League. 

9. Make this meeting the subject of careful thought 
and earnest prayer. Very much depends upon the first 

Sie ^ m AT THE MEETING. 

1. Select some person to act as chairman. If the 
Pastor is present, invite him to preside. 

Your Pastor may prefer not to preside, as it might 
possibly prove embarrassing for him to select commit- 
tees or render decisions. He can serve you better on 
the floor. These meetings are for the education of the 
young people and as a rule Pastors prefer to have 
young people manage for themselves, subject, of course, 
to their approval and their greater experience and more 
mature judgment. 

2. Select some person to act as secretary. 

3. By previous arrangement, the Pastor should pre- 
sent briefly the reasons for organizing a league. 

4. The chairman or some one who has prepared him- 
self should now present clearly and fully the plan of the 
League, the steps in organization, and the various lines 
of work that the League may undertake, illustrating, by 
the use of the diagram, the " Epworth Wheel." 

5. Three or more persons should be appointed to 
take the names of those present who will join the 
League. All who sign and join in getting a Charter are 
" Charter Members." Record or keep a list of these 
names. 

6. Before the meeting adjourns, have the members 
sign the Constitution. 

7. Provide a copy of the Constitution for each mem- 
ber. You can hand it to each one as he signs the Con- 
stitution or during a service of introduction of members. 



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8. The blanks in the By-L,aws should be filled as the 
majority may deem best. 

A. Determine what meetings you will have. 

B. Determine the evening and the hour for the 
devotional meeting. 

C. Determine the date of the regular monthly 
meeting. 

D. Determine the membership dues, if any. Make 
these as small as possible, so as to exclude no one and 
yet meet the necessary expenses. 

9. The election of officers is next in order. See 
page 12. 

10. Arrange for your first public meeting. 

11. Have an informal consideration of methods and 
work that the league may undertake if the hour is not 
too late. 

Nos. 10 and 11 may be referred to the Cabinet. 

12. Adjournment. 



THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, 



1. Various methods of election are in use. Each 
Chapter is free to elect its officers in its own way. 

2. A League will be no better than its officers. Too 
great care cannot be taken therefore in the election of 
officers and it is recommended that as many safeguards 
as possible be thrown about the election of those who 
are to preside over your organization. If committed to a 
general vote, exercise great care in the making of nomina- 
tions. Use a plan that takes plenty of time, makes 
election a formal matter and secures the best results. 

3. Do not risk the interests of the League by hasty 
viva voce nominations or elections. 

4. Some Chapters appoint a " committee on nomina- 
tions,' ' of which the Pastor is a member ex officio. This 
committee may be named a month in advance of the 
election or on the same evening, as may be thought 
best. The committee should confer with the Pastor, 
carrying out so far as it can his wishes as to persons to 
be selected and should select as officers those persons 
who are best qualified for the work assigned to their re- 
spective departments — persons who will serve and who 
will work. 

5. The committee, after a careful consideration of 
persons and duties, should recommend one or more 
persons for each office. Note Article V of the Consti- 
tution. 

6. The election may take place at this meeting or a 
subsequent one, as your local Chapter may determine. 
The Constitution (Article V, Section 2,) requires elec- 



the: ejection of officers. 



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tion by ballot. In cases where but one name is recom- 
mended for an office (now and then it happens that 
there is one person who is peculiarly adapted and quali- 
fied for a certain position), much time can be saved by 
instructing the Secretary to cast the ballot of the 
Chapter for this one person. When several names are 
placed in nomination, election must be by ballot in the 
usual way. 

7. Some hold that nominating committees do harm 
and so have nominations and elections by the Chapter 
in open meetings. If you use this plan, study to reach 
good results. 

8. The writer believes that the best method of select- 
ing officers would be : (1) the election of a President by 
the Chapter; (2) the selection and nomination of the 
other officers by the President-elect, with the advice 
and consent of the Pastor, and (3) their approval by the 
Chapter. This is the Federal plan ; it is simple, and 
would give us as a rule an efficient corps of officers. 
Each Chapter must determine for itself what plan best 
serves its purpose. 

9. All the officers must be approved by the Quarterly 
Conference or the Official Board. 

10. The names and addresses of the officers should 
be sent promptly to the Central Office, No. 57 Washing- 
ton Street, Chicago, 111. 

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. 

No formal programme is necessary. The old officers 
may merely yield their places to the officers-elect and 
hand to them all league property in their possession. 

If, however, a formal change is desired, the installa- 
tion service found on page 102 may be used, or the 
Chapter may devise its own programme. 



MEETINGS. 



I. THE DEVOTION AX, MEETING. 

The Constitution requires each Chapter to hold a de- 
votional meeting each week. The time and place are 
left to the local Chapter. Usage and many other con- 
siderations point to the hour before the Sunday evening 
preaching service as the best time for holding these 
meetings. For full consideration of this topic, see page 
29 et seq. 

2. THE MONTHLY MEETING. 

A. There should be at least one League meeting each 
month on a stated evening, as the first Tuesday evening 
of each month. Any week-day evening may be selected. 
Some Chapters hold one meeting ; some hold two and 
others hold even more than two. The happy medium 
seems to be one meeting a month. Semi-occasional 
meetings do not maintain the interest and too many 
meetings burden the members and tend toward confu- 
sion and disintegration. Too few destroy interest ; too 
many dissipate energy. 

B. The following will indicate in outline a desirable 
programme for the monthly meeting: 

Devotional Exercises, 10 minutes. 

Business Meeting, 15 " 

Literary and Musical Programme, . 60 " 
Closing Exercises, 5 " 

or, 

Devotional Exercises, 10 minutes. 

Literary and Musical Programme, . 60 

Business Meeting, 15 

Closing Exercises, . 5 " 



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C. The Third Vice-President and his committee 
should consider quite carefully the literary programme 
for each meeting. See page 44 et seq. for suggestions. 

D. At these meetings the President should preside. 
The devotional exercises might be under the direction 
of the First Vice-President, and the literary programme 
under the direction of the Third Vice-President, or these 
officers may delegate certain ones to act for their re- 
spective departments. 

3. THE ANNUAL MEETING. 

A. This is merely the regular monthly meeting at 
which the officers for the ensuing year are elected, and 
except in this particular need not vary from the regular 
order. Some Chapters have the annual reports from 
the officers read ; others hold these till the meeting for 
the installation of the officers-elect. 

B. It is recommended that this meeting be held be- 
fore the Annual Conference convenes in order that the 
League may be fully organized and be ready to greet 
and assist the new Pastor. He thus finds an organized 
force awaiting his command. To secure general uni- 
formity, it has been suggested that Chapters elect their 
officers in January of each year. 

4. socials. 

See page 49 et seq. 

5. MEETINGS OF DEPARTMENTS. 
, Some Chapters have found it very helpful to gather 
together all those assigned to a department for the pur- 
pose of becoming better acquainted and to talk over the 
work of the department so every one can understand it 
and be ready for any assigned duty. One, or, at the 
most, two meetings a year would be sufficient. Fre- 
quent meetings would be unwise. 



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6. JOINT MEETING OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 

Once each year after the several officers and their re- 
spective committees have met and planned their depart- 
ment work, it will be fonnd very pleasant, interesting 
and satisfactory to hold a joint meeting, when, after so- 
cial greetings have been exchanged, one person from 
each department shall set forth for the benefit of all the 
work his department has decided to do. There is in 
this an incentive to action, a better knowledge of the 
work of^the League as a whole, and the most generous 
and harmonious enthusiasm among the delegated work- 
ers, and this means a successful year's work. Try it. 



THE CABINET. 



1. ITS Use:. The Cabinet is one of the distinctive and 
most important features of the Kpworth League. 
Through its instrumentality every interest of the Chap- 
ter can be carefully considered and no conflict of inter- 
est or effort ever need occur. It holds the same rela- 
tion to the League that any executive committee holds 
to the appointing body. A pastor puts it thus : " Six 
specialists planning how to help each other in all 
these special lines, so that no department shall suffer 
and all shall be helped." 

2. Who Compose It. The Pastor, the President, 
the First Vice-President, the Second Vice-President, the 
Third Vice-President, the Fourth Vice-President, the 
Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Junior League Super- 
intendent. 

THE CABINET MEETING. 

A "League at Work" will accomplish very much 
more by " systematic conference " between its officers 
and leaders than can be done by each member working 
for and in his own department. A business house has 
v/orkers in charge of the various departments, employ- 
ing many men. To produce harmony and union of 
effort, to turn out the most and the best product, to 
build up and enlarge the business and make money, 
there must be frequent conferences between the pro- 
prietors, the development of plans and methods by 
them, conference with those in charge of departments, 
and the instruction in turn of those who labor in the 
several departments. How long would a business house 



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exist without this mutual consideration of methods and 
interests ? So, too, in the League. The members of a 
firm can confer in the ofiice, at the dinner table, in the 
store and in the shop. As our I^eague officers are scat- 
tered, we must have meetings where we can bring them 
together for consultation and conference as to league 
interests. The Cabinet meeting brings the departments 
together. The fact is, these meetings cannot be neg- 
lected without positive danger to the League. By them, 
all clashing of work, all dereliction of duty, all plans to 
be followed, all things to be done are considered and 
passed upon. Trouble cannot arise if it is understood 
what each one is to do, what all are to do, and what the 
common object is. The harmony of the League activities 
may thus be made perfect through this medium. 

1. As soon as possible after the election of the officers 
they should meet in Cabinet session at such time and 
place as may be convenient for all and enter at once 
upon the work of the year. 

Cabinet meetings should be held on a stated evening 
each month and an entire evening should be given to 
each. They are too important to slight. 

2. The Pastor should be notified of all Cabinet meet- 
ings and be invited to be present. 

3. The President is chairman ex officio. 

4. A program for Cabinet meetings. Bach President 
may arrange this to suit his pleasure. Proceed just as 
in any executive committee meeting. The following is 
a very excellent order : 

A. Prayer. 

B. Record of members present. 

It should be understood by all the officers that if any 
one finds it necessary to be absent from a Cabinet, de- 
votional or other meeting, then the next one in au- 
thority in that department, the first, second, third, 



THE CABINET. 



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fourth or fifth committeeman shall be present to report 
for the department, to represent it and to act with full 
authority. 

The President should insist upon the observance of 
this rule. 

C. Reading and approving the minutes of the last 
meeting. 

D. Report from the Pastor and each department and 
recommendations from the same. 

It may be just as well to consider and act upon each 
report and the recommendations made before proceed- 
ing to the next department. Or, they can be lefV for 
miscellaneous business, if preferred. 

E. Consider applications for membership. 

F. Assignment of members to departments ; also any 
transfers from one department to another. 

At the first Cabinet meeting have the Secretary call 
the name of each member of the league. As the names 
are called the officers can consider each person's ability 
and needs and assign him to the department in which, 
all things considered, he can be of most service to him- 
self and the League, and where in turn the special work 
will do him the most good. 

Do not put all into one department, nor necessarily 
make all departments equal. Let the work, the needs 
and the good to each and all, determine the number in 
any department. Constantly keep in mind the relation 
of work to workers in each department. Do not slight 
any department so that its work suffers in consequence. 

G. Miscellaneous Business. 

H. Adjournment. 

5. The Secretary should keep accurate minutes of 
the Cabinet meetings and record the same. 

6. Kach item of business should be attended to ac- 
cording to the rules of parliamentary procedure. Edu* 



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cation in "such matters is a part of the League work. 
Do not sit around and talk. That accomplishes nothing. 
Attend to all matters in a business-like way and after a 
plan. Why not transact church business just as earn- 
estly and systematically as you do your secular business 
in your home, office, shop or store ? Motions should 
be made, seconded, discussed and voted upon as in any 
formal committee meeting. 

7. Every officer should be instructed in his work, so 
he may fully understand it and the duties assigned to 
him. Thus equipped and going forth to win, all diffi- 
culties and dangers will disappear. 

8. Action by the League. The Secretary should, at the 
regular meetings of the Chapter, present the recom- 
mendations of the Cabinet for the information and ap- 
proval of the League membership. The Cabinet is but 
the executive committee of the Chapter and its work re- 
quires the approval of the Chapter. 

9. What has been gained? 

A. There has been consideration of League interests 
jy those most interested and best posted. 

B. There has been consideration before action. 

C. Careful action by the Cabinet has freed the pub- 
lic League meetings of much useless discussion that 
ofttimes engenders ill feeling. 

D. The pastor and officers viewing the whole field 
are much more likely to act wisely than a public meet- 
ing may. 

E. Matters relative to character and conduct, dan- 
gers to the League and church, can be calmly and con- 
fidentially considered and to the good of all, when such 
action by a public meeting would be unwise and entirely 
out of the question. Sometimes just such private con- 
sideration is necessary. 

J*l The work of each of the departments has been 



THE CABINET. 



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talked over, planned for, is understood by each and no 
confusion or jarring or clashing need result. In every 
store or shop lines of work cross more or less. So also 
in every organization, but no trouble ever arises where 
it is understood " what each one is to do y what all are to 
dOy and what the common object is. The harmony of 
work is perfect" 

G. The work has been so planned that each officer 
can see that every member has something to do. This 
is most important. The work must not all be assigned 
to a few. The most capable must not be burdened. 
The weaker member, the mediocre, must be led, devel- 
oped and instructed. See that these members of little 
experience and possibly less than the average ability 
have some work assigned to them, for the League is a 
training-school. The tendency is to enlist only the 
more capable persons, thus depriving the weaker ones 
of the education and the drill they need. Keep all at 
work and your League becomes a " hive of industry," 
interest grows, enthusiasm is generated, and great 
things are done for Him who loved us so wondrously, 
and all are done " in His name." 

10. Plant your standard a little farther forward than 
you reach. Your noblest and best thoughts and high- 
est hopes and aspirations will, with God's help, yield 
abundant fruitage to cheer and to gladden your own 
heart and cheer and bless the world. 



THE THEORY OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. 



All the officers of the League should study the 
League, its plan of organization, and discover the true 
spirit of the League movement. It may be helpful for 
us to consider now somewhat at length the theory set 
forth by the " Bpworth Wheel " and seek a reason for 
the division into departments, their relations and the 
work of the several departments. In order that the 
officers may be good officers, they must grasp the idea 
of the League as a whole, the relation of its parts, be 
filled with " the spirit in the wheel.'' They may then 
raise their standards, plan their attack, bring forward 
every well disciplined division into its proper place and 
lead their triumphant armies to the grandest victories. 

Young sings : 

" How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, 
How complicate, how wonderful is Man ! 
An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! 
Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! 
A worm ! a god ! " 

Take him as he is, man is assuredly a proper subject 
of study for mankind. The soul of man inhabits a tene- 
ment of clay, and yet what a distance between the two ! 
The brain is "the organ of the soul;" the heart, "the 
seat of the affections ;" the senses, " the windows of the 
soul." 

" Kach man himself an act of God, 
His mind a thought, his life a breath of God." 

He knows, he feels, he chooses. Endowed as he is 
with the power of thought, he cannot help thinking, 
and so we say he has an intellectual nature. We feel 



THE THEORY OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. 23 

that "it is as natural and necessary for man to be con- 
scious of rights, and to feel under obligation to do some 
things, and to abstain from others, as it is to think or 
feel," and hence, having moral ideas and feelings, we say 
he has a moral nature. So, too, we can think of man 
among his fellows bearing certain relations to them, 
influencing them and influenced by them, and having a 
social nature. 

We speak of the faculties of the human soul, the in- 
tellect, the sensibilities and the will, and yet we under- 
stand that these are not altogether independent of one 
another. " A powerful intellect, to be developed into 
its normal attainments, needs to be stimulated by strong 
feelings, and to be held and directed by a determined 
will." An educator says : " The whole soul must be 
educated in the harmony of its powers, or it cannot be 
successfully educated in a single one. The intellect 
cannot be trained to superior activity or successful 
achievement except as the feelings are stimulated to a 
strong interest for the objects to which the intellect is 
applied or the ends for which it acts. The will must be 
taught to concentrate and fix the energies, and to direct 
them to harmonious and successful activity." Educa- 
tion, then, means harmonious development and the 
culture that is desirable is symmetrical culture. 

Our church societies for young people are " schools 
for the development of the highest type of Christian 
character." We are to take man as he is y cultivate in 
him the Christian graces, harmonize discordant ele- 
ments in his nature, teach him how to live, and keep 
him ever in the way that leads to life eternal. This 
means that his growth and development must be har- 
monious, that we must touch him upon all sides, and 
yet that all of these currents of life and activity must 
blend in character, — as pure as the distilled dew of 



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heaven, as stable as the everlasting hills; — character, 
that can "triumph over the most adverse circumstances, 
turning them into means of its own achievement; char- 
acter that can transfigure and glorify the humblest lot." 

It may be that in the past too much attention has 
been given to development -along one line. It is a very 
easy matter to give too much prominence to the social 
feature in young people's societies and to make too much 
of it. There are those who believe that in some 
organizations too much attention has been given to in^ 
tellectual culture, and there are also those who believe 
that in still other societies, social and literary develop- 
ment has received too little attention. The idea of 
"the new departure" — the Bpworth League — is to take 
man as he is, to recognize the qualities — moral, mental 
and social — which make him what he is y and to use all 
of these for the glory of God and to make man what 
he ought to be. 

To do this and to attend to the usual business of any 
organization, the work of the League is divided into 
six divisions, each of which is called " a department," 
just as is done in a store or factory or in national affairs, 
and certain kinds of work are detailed in the diagram, 
to be planned for and looked after by each department. 

The members are placed in the several departments 
where they can work to the best advantage and through 
which we can bring out of them the best there is in 
them and at the same time have them acted upon by the 
work of the other departments. The work is thus thor- 
oughly systematized and naturally very much more is 
accomplished. 

RELATION EXISTING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. 

When we keep before us the object of the League, we 
can readily see the relative importance of each depart- 



THE THEORY OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. 25 

ment and the relation it holds to every other one. All 
of the work of all of the departments should, however, 
focalize upon the department having in its care the 
spiritual well-being of all of the members — the depart- 
ment of Spiritual Work. 

THE HARMONY OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 

Just as in a business house, it is next to impossible to 
avoid a certain seeming overlapping of work ; but if 
everything undertaken is first considered in the Cabinet 
meetings as it should be y each officer will understand 
what he can do and what he is expected to do. Even if 
in the same public meeting all departments overlap, as 
in the devotional or monthly meeting, each officer may 
have some part to perform. Due consideration in Cab- 
inet session will prevent any and all conflict of author- 
ity or interest. 

" All at it and always at it" 

Let me repeat this again, for this is the keynote of 
success, the thing upon which the success and the value 
of the League depends. The League is a training school. 
This means that our weak members, the members hav- 
ing only average ability or even less than that, are to be 
developed under our care until they become graduates 
from our League school. To every member there can 
be and there should be assigned some work in the Sun- 
day school, League or Church and it should be the care 
of every officer to see that these weaker ones are encour- 
aged*and assisted and made stronger. Do not, do not 
forget this important fact. 



THE LEAGUE AT WORK. 



THE PRESIDENT AND HIS DUTIES. 

1. Very much of the work, the interest, and the en- 
thusiasm of the League, depends upon this officer. 
Exercise great care in selecting your President. Choose 
one who is entirely satisfactory to the Pastor and who 
will work in harmony with him, with the church offi- 
cers and with the Sunday School Superintendent. 

2. He should study the League and familiarize him- 
self thoroughly with the work which the League under- 
takes to do, and with different methods of doing the 
work. He must be a constant reader of our League 
paper, the Epworth Herald. 

3. He should keep each department actively at work 
and see that all departments are in harmony. 

4. If an officer does not attend to his duties after 
patient conference with him and with the Pastor, it is 
better to ask for his resignation than to allow the in- 
terests of the League to suffer. They are too vital to 
permit of boy's play or lack of personal thought and 
earnest endeavor. 

5. The President must bear in mind that the ulti- 
mate purpose of the League is the salvation of souls and 
the various kinds of work are to be used only as means 
to the accomplishment of this one grand object. He 
must do all he can through his officers and their com- 
mittees to secure growth in grace and purity of heart, 
and train our young people in works of mercy and help. 



THE IAS AGUE AT WORK. 



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His own life, his prayers and his own earnest effort will 
largely determine the character of the work. 

6. He should familiarize himself with the more fre- 
quently used rules for the government of deliberative 
bodies so that he may preside at public and business 
meetings with credit to himself and the league. A 
copy of some good manual of parliament ary law should 
be at hand for reference. 

7. Some Presidents prepare lists of questions bearing 
on the work of each department and submit these to 
the officers some little time before the Cabinet meeting. 
The officers are to work out answers from their own ex- 
perience, observation and study, and to report at the 
next meeting. If entered into with enthusiasm, much 
good may result. 

8. The President can greatly aid the Pastor in his 
work and should study out ways to help him. 

9. He can co-operate with the Sunday School Super- 
intendent and have the I/eague work successfully in 
that fertile field. 

10. He should submit all vital questions to the Cab- 
inet and then to the approval of the L,eague. 

11. He should keep out of " ruts.'* 

12. The President should see that the Secretary pro 
vides each officer with a scrap-book, in which clippings^ 
plans, " new ideas," etc., relating to the work of his de- 
partment may be preserved and used for reference. 
These scrap-books will become very valuable. 

13. He should exercise care in making up commit- 
tees and see that they are not made up wholly of the 
best workers. One or more of the inexperienced mem- 
bers should be placed on each, so as to train the ineffi- 
cient ones. Many times most excellent workers are thus 
discovered. • 

14. If it is ever found that any particular work, once 



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taken up, must for any reason be abandoned, it should 
be closed up formally and not be permitted to die out oj 
its own accord. The effect of one such failure may 
be disastrous. It would be much better to maintain it, 
even if hard to do, for a time and then formally abandon 
it while the work seems to be successful and before the 
interest again subsides, or, go to the League stating 
that circumstances are against success and let the 
League act. 

15. If officers and committees to report have no re- 
port, let them write out reasons why they have none. 

16. The President should "work hardest to get 
others to work hard." 

17. He should ask his associate officers to study the 
members assigned to them and to find out what they 
are capable of doing, then also ask them to assign work 
and see that they do it, drawing out their best powers. 

18. He should see that all of the young people are 
put at work by the officers in charge. 

19. He should plan to reach the young men of the 
community and to interest them in the League work. 

20. He should keep his attention fixed upon the de- 
votional meeting and see that all the work of all the de- 
partments centers in that — the strong fortress, "the 
Gibraltar of the League." 

21. He must study* Plan, pray, work. 



THE WORK OF THE SIX DEPARTMENTS. 



The Department of Spiritual Work.— First Vice- 
President. 

" Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to 
every living creature" 

This department exercises watch-care over the spirit- 
ual life of the league. From " the Wheel " and the Con- 
stitution you can learn the lines of work it under- 
takes. Several of these may be considered at length. 

The Devotional Heeting. 

This is the most important meeting of the league and 
too much time and attention and thoughtful care cannot 
be given to it. A few suggestions may be of assistance. 

1. Time. — The best time to hold it is the hour before 
the Sunday evening service. Local causes may, how- 
ever, make some other time necessary. Some few Chap- 
ters hold their meetings after the evening service. The 
writer recommends the hour before service and a recep- 
tion for strangers after the service, in the church 
parlors. 

2. Leader. — In some Leagues the First Vice-Presi- 
dent conducts all of the devotional meetings ; in others, 
a special leader is selected; in others, the First Vice- 
President selects one or more persons to conduct it each 
evening. The latter plan is preferable for the reason 
that it is training leaders. Sometimes even three per- 
sons may be in charge ; one to conduct the opening serv- 



30 HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEI, GO. 

ice or the readings ; one, the prayers ; one, the testi- 
monies. During the week preceding, all of these are to 
be " at work " planning and " working up " the various 
interests of the meeting. The First Vice-President 
should always be present and ready, so that in case the 
assigned leader fails to respond, he can take charge and 
the meeting need not suffer. 

This plan develops leaders, brings forward new meth- 
ods, brings to the front the friends of the several lead- 
ers and brings into every meeting new ideas, new plans, 
new thoughts. 

3. Topics. — If not too expensive, cards should be 
printed announcing the subjects, the references and the 
leaders, covering at least three months. The study of 
the topics as given in the Herald will be found very 
helpful. The topics should also be included among all 
public announcements. 

4. Programme. — Leave this largely to the ingenuity 
of the different leaders. The general order may be de- 
termined, but free scope should be given to those lead- 
ing the meetings. You thus secure variety and that 
helps to maintain the interest. 

5. flusic. — This is an important part of the service 
and is as much worship as any other part. Have plenty 
of it, well selected, stirring, spiritual. 

If you have a good leader, have him stand before the 
audience and direct the m^sic. 

Sing with the spirit and with the understanding also. 
Do not drag ! Do not drag ! This ruins either reading 
or singing. 

Introduce new hymns now and then, but do not for- 
get the old church hymns that have stood the test of 
use. Avoid mere jingling tunes and senseless songs. 
From year to year the quality of the music should 
improve. 



the; department of spiritual work. 31 



The Chorister should study the matter of music just as 
much as the leader studies the topic and he should just 
as faithfully select the hymns and arrange them before- 
hand in harmony with the theme as the leader prepares 
his programme for the conduct of the meeting. During 
the meeting he must be on the alert and change his 
music so as to keep in harmony with the spirit of the 
meeting as it develops, taking cognizance of every turn 
or change of sentiment. 

Sometimes a dull meeting can be warmed back to life 
by a good rousing song ; sometimes a lesson be clinched 
or an impression be deepened by an appropriate hymn 
at the right moment. 

The writer would recommend beginning each meeting 
by the singing of two or three numbers. And yet meet- 
ings should not always necessarily open with singing. 
It may furnish an excuse for some one not to be present 
on time. As a rule, however, good soulful singing 
" draws." 

Get everybody to sing. 

Some hymns are prayers and can ofttimes be effect- 
ively rendered when kneeling. A stanza of some famil- 
iar hymn sung while all are kneeling is impressive. 

All present should watch the leader and keep in time, 
harmony and sympathy with him. 

Do not necessarily sing the first stanza. Use always 
the stanza or stanzas containing the thought you 
want. 

Use solos, duets, quartettes, unison, etc., occasionally. 
Keep out of " musical ruts." Remember that all music 
must be in harmony with the theme. 

Do not always depend upon an instrument. Now and 
then sing stanzas without any accompaniment. 

Do not forever depend upon the book for words and 
music. V^sn familiar, sing without the book. Make 



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the words and melody a part of your life. We must try 
to remember more of our church liynius. 

Do not permit long preludes or interludes. They oft- 
times sound harshly on the spiritual atmosphere of a 
meeting. As a rule, the chord is all that is necessary. 

When the meeting calls out a certain hymn, sing the 
stanza very promptly, even if without an instrument. 

Catch the spirit of the meeting and fall in with it. 

Sometimes a good reading of a hymn will do as much 
or more good than singing it. Be very sure, however, 
to have a good reader. 

Now and then read a good hymn in concert. Every 
one can read ; not all can sing. 

Chorister, much of the success of the League Devo- 
tional meeting depends upon you. L,et voice and head 
and heart unite in the Creator's praise and in winning 
souls for Him and his service. 

6. Ushers. — The ushers should be on hand before 
the meeting begins and see that the chairs are in place, 
the temperature of *he room comfortable, music books 
scattered for use, etc. 

They should then give their best attention to the seat- 
ing of the audience. Members should be asked always 
to sit well to the front. Str&tigers do no like to be tak- 
en to the front and have the whole membership behind 
them. Such a position is embarrassing for strangers. 
Keep the membership to the front. 

If members all sit back too far from the front, the lead- 
er can ask the whole audience to stand and then move 
forward as a body. 

If no other committee has charge, the ushers should 
welcome strangers and secure their names and addresses, 
pleasantly greet members and so far as possible attend 
to all matters that make for the comfort of those present. 
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THE DEPARTMENT OF SPIRITUAL WORK. 33 

once every quarter all are invited to bring their Bibles 
and some one should conduct an interesting and profit- 
able Bible Reading. Iyeaguers should love the Book 
and study it, 

8. Special Themes.— Now and then the Missionary 
Cause, Temperance, Mercy and Help, and other subjects 
should occupy the evening hour. A " service of song " 
would be interesting also. 

A " Roll Call " when all the members are expected to 
respond with a Bible quotation or a word from their ex- 
perience brings out the membership and is encouraging 
to all. If members cannot be present they may be per- 
mitted to send a note or a text as indicating their desire 
to be present and an evidence of their interest. The 
Secretary may call the names and the members respond 
as called or they may rise in groups, say of seven, as the 
names of the seven are called. In some societies each 
member is provided with a list of names and they rise 
one after the other without being named. There are 
some advantages in hearing the names called and 
seeing the persons. 

Sunrise Prayer Meetings, Promise Meetings, Prayer 
and Praise Services, Hymn-Quoting Meetings, and many 
other special subjects and methods can be introduced to 
bring about variety. 

9. Attendance. — Interesting meetings will usually 
bring out the members. 

Postal cards to the absentees from the Secretary or 
Monitor will help. 

Hand the names of absentees to committees and see 
that they are visited. 

Personal solicitation. 

*;Each officer and his committee can bring out their 
own department members. 

Do not complain in public because members do not 



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HOW TO MAK^ THK WHEEI, GO. 



attend. Work up an attendance just as you would for 
any other service. 

10. Taking Part. — Make the meeting so interesting 
that members cannot remain seated and not take part, 
but that each one will want to have some part in the 
service. 

Encourage the timid. Have some simple, easy work 
that such can engage in. At first the timid may be per- 
mitted to remain seated when speaking, but they should 
be asked to rise if they read a verse or selection. 

Suggest that they read a verse and then give a word 
or two by way of comment or state an impression made 
by the verse in a few words and then be seated. 

Repeating Scripture passages in concert will aid. 
Their voices will not be heard alone, but be merged into 
the unison of voices. 

Ask them to write out their thoughts and read them. 

Hand to them questions about the topic, a week be- 
forehand, and let them write out their answers, and 
when called out let them rise and read the answers or 
commit and repeat them. 

A simple aid is the public reading of hymns. These 
readings may be made very effective. 

Now and then call for sentence prayers and Scripture 
quotations. 

Concert reading gives every one a chance. 

Give the juniors an opportunity. 

Personal solicitation outside of the meeting will usual- 
ly lead to one's taking part. 

Ask a young lady or young gentleman to take part 
and to invite five others to take part with him. 

Now and then call for five or more to stand at once 
and say just a word, sitting down one after the other. 

Use various plans, but don't, don't, don't scold. 

In case some good brother or sister night after night 



thr department of spiritual, work. 35 



uses too much time, privately and kindly call his or her 
attention to it, Usually this is all that will be necessary. 
Or give the first ten or fifteen minutes exclusively to 
those under a certain age. Distasteful as it may be, it 
may now and then be necessary to call some one's atten- 
tion privately to the abuse of the " time limit," but al- 
ways do it in a kindly, Christian spirit, explaining that 
time and the interest of the many are jeopardized. Your 
Pastor will usually be able to suggest some easy way out 
of this difficulty. Carefully avoid offending any one. 

11. Have a pianist or organist who will always be 
present or will send a substitute in case of necessary 
absence. 

12. Begin promptly " on time " and close " on time ; " 
neither wait for late comers nor permit the meeting to 
drag along beyond the allotted time merely to fill the 
hour. Upon the other hand, do not close a meeting 
precipitately. 

13. Make special effort to get as many as possible to 
take part and so conduct it that many can do so. You 
are to try and have every member participate for his 
own good. Participation increases personal interest 
and brings a blessing to the participant. 

14. Cultivate " the spirit of testimony," — the giving 
of" experience." 

15. Offer salvation to the unconverted and invite 
them to accept Christ, at all meetings, and now and then 
make the meetings distinctly evangelistic. 

16. Invite your Pastor to be present at all of your 
Devotional meetings. 

17. Study how to prevent "periods of oppressive 
silence " and bridge over " embarrassing pauses." 

18. Have the officers (or in case of absence, the one 
next in rank ) seated in front, facing the audience. 
It aids the leaders, puts the officers on guard where 



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HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEX, GO. 



duty calls them, enables them to study the meeting, de- 
termine the absentees and the interest of members in 
Iheir own departments, and has a most salutary influ- 
ence on the meeting and the league. 

19. Ask the Pastor to preach now and then to the 
young people, using as his text — the League Prayer 
Meeting, emphasizing points in its work. 

20. Bach department has a work to do in this meet- 
ing and should see that it is well done. 

The Secretary can do much to increase the attendance 
by sending cards to absentees and to strangers. He 
should name some one as " Monitor," who should sit at 
some convenient point and make a record of the mem- 
bers, checking all who are present. He can also mark 
those tardy and those taking part in the meeting. 

Names of absentees can be given to various ones to 
visit or cards can be sent. This record if well kept will 
be very valuable. The Monitor can easily mark tardi- 
ness, presence, participation. 

21. Be sure to make all invited young people and 
strangers feel that you want them. Ask them to come 
again. Introduce strangers to the officers and members. 

22. Keep this meeting before the members and ad- 
vertise it in such ways as you can, using tact and inge- 
nuity and good judgment. Do not forget the shops and 
factories near your church. 

23. In your prayers do not forget the absent, the sick, 
the indifferent, and those " at ease in Zion." 

24. Try sending questions to certain members for 
them to study, think over and answer at the next devo- 
tional meeting. You may reach some who otherwise 
would remain silent. 

25. Cottage Prayer Heelings, held in the homes of 
the aged, the sick or the unfortunate, or in the homes of 
♦he members, have many points of advantage. As 



the; department of* spiritual work. 37 



a rule, hold them in homes at some distance from a 
church. 

Have a committee of at least seven to go, to sing, to 
pray, to make the meetings successful. 

Do not fail to follow up the work, visit these same 
homes again and see if you cannot win the members for 
God and the Church. There should be some harvest to 
your sowing. 

Visit the sick, the unfortunate ones in your jour- 
neys. 

26. Try one meeting, having previously asked the 
members to study the assigned or any related texts and 
to write out such questions as come to them. They are 
to bring these to the meeting and they are to be handed 
to others to answer. Much interest may be created in 
this way. 

27. Have some new point or method in every meet- 
ing. Keep interest alive. 

28. Ever remember that we are after results. We 
want souls for the Master. Make every plan and enter 
on every service with this as the supreme thought of 
the hour. 

29. Make every effort to get and hold the young men 
in the League. Do not let " the boys " get away from 
the Sunday School and they will just naturally grow up 
into the League and the Church. 

30. flissions. — Get leaflets for distribution from the 
Missionary Board of the Church. 

Kvery now and again make reference to mission work ; 
its importance, incidents, etc., in devotional meetings. 
Keep it before the young people. 

You may know some returned missionary. If so, have 
him come and address your League ; or if he cannot 
come, ask him to write a letter to the League on 
Missions. 



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Probably you can write to a " real, live missionary," 
and read his reply before the League. 

Co-operate with the Department of Finance with a 
view to having every member contribute something to 
this cause. The same should be done with all the> 
Benevolences. See page 58. 

3 1 * If there be some weaker one 

Give me strength to lead him on ; 
If a blinder soul there be 
I^et me guide him nearer Thee ; 
Make my mortal dreams come true 
With the work I fain would do, 
Out of self to love be led 
And to heaven acclimated 
Until all things sweet and good 
Seem my natural habitude. 

—Whittier. 

32. If you are getting lazy, watch James. If your 
faith is below par, read Paul. If you are impatient, sit 
down quietly and have a talk with Job. If you are just 
a little strong-headed, go and see Moses. If you are 
getting weak-kneed, take a look at Klijah. If there is 
no song in your heart, listen to David. If you are get- 
ting sordid, spend a while with Isaiah. If you feel 
chilly, get the beloved Disciple to put his arms around 
you. If you are losing sight of the future, climb up to 
Revelation and get a glimpse of the promised land. — 
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette, 

To the Members : 

Keep the meeting and the topic in mind all the week. 
Make the meeting the subject of earnest prayer. 
Come early. 

Bring some one with you. 

Sing. Try and do your best. Read the words if you 
can do no more. 



THE DEPARTMENT OP MERCY AND HELP. 39 



Speak promptly when the invitation is given. 

Don't wait. Delays are dangerous. All are waiting 
till you speak. 

Witness for Christ. " Ye are my witnesses.' ' 

Concentrate your thought upon the meeting. 

Do not occupy too much time. 

Take a seat as near the front as possible. 

Never forget the place and do not whisper or laugh or 
disturb the meeting. Do not put on your wraps or 
rubbers till the last word has been said, and then go 
quietly. Be not rude or irreverent. Have a pleasant 
word for all. Greet the members and welcome the 
strangers. 

Remain for the church services, and invite others to 
remain also. 

To the Pastor: 

Pray for this devotional meeting. 
Aid the officers with suggestions from time to time. 
Preach about this meeting, and emphasize points in 
.*s work. 

Don't scold. Lead us gently, slowly, prayerfully. 
Always be present. 



The Department of Mercy and Help,— Second 
Vice-President. 



"Ministering, not ministered unto" 

" Absorption in Christian activities is one of the best, 
methods of living a right life." — Christian at Work, 

" Wesley, being asked if he could live without sinning, 
replied that he had been so busy in the work of hi 3 
Master that he had had no time to think about sinning. 1 ' 



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1. As preliminary work, you and your committee or 
department workers should take the list of members 
and arrange them in groups as to residence on the same 
street or in the same section or neighborhood. 

2. Place each group in charge of a member who shall 
see that all in his division visit and are visited. 

Secure by some such method the intermingling of the 
membership of the League. This is most important. 

3. Through these or similar channels all who are 
sick or needy are to be reported and calls are to be made 
upon them at once. Strangers are to be visited and 
their addresses secured and sent to the Pastor. Children 
are to be brought into the Sunday School. 

4. Arrangements must be made for going among the 
poor, the needy and the unfortunate ; for visiting the 
sick and the dying and caring for the dead. 

Be careful when visiting the sick. Such calls should 
be cheerful, not gloomy. Avoid talking about the sick 
or sickness. Let hope and sunshine rule. The sick 
must not be made worse by our visits. Do not go too 
often. Be guided b}^ the physician's advice. Study the 
proper conduct of persons in a sick-room. 

Be not inconsiderate and rush into rooms where there 
are contagious cases. This might only spread disease. 
You can be helpful and yet exercise care and good 
judgment. 

5. Make your visits something more than mere social 
calls. There must be a purpose in every visit. 

6. When new members are received into the League 
and the church, see that they are called upon at once. 

7. On Sunday afternoons, send out your workers to 
visit the sick, the hospitals and infirmaries. Have 
singers go along. One hour at the bedside of a poor 
" shut-in " will be worth a day on the streets. 

8. Take care of the poor in your church and section. 



THE DEPARTMENT OE MERCY AND HElyP. 41 

Let no one suffer. Clothe the children and bring them 
to the Sunday School. 

9. Cn these visits, carry the League card giving the 
hour of all services in the church and inviting all to 
come. This should also bear some well selected text. 

10. Exercise great care in sending members to call 
upon other members. First acquaint yourself with 
them, their homes or positions, etc., and avoid embar- 
rassment to visitor and person visited. 

Be sure as to the person you send and the person to 
whom you send a visitor. A little care and wise fore- 
sight will avoid all trouble. 

11. It is well to send " visitors " out two by two. Tell 
them to " carry sunshine " wherever they go. 

12. If the League furnishes flowers for the Pastor's 
pulpit, send them after the evening service to the sick. 
Attach the League card. You may win souls by just 
such kindly deeds. 

13. You can visit the hotels and invite strangers 
passing a Sabbath in the town to visit your church. 

14. This department can do much good through the 
distribution of tracts, but gr^at tact must be used. 

They must not be scattered thoughtlessly and in- 
discriminately. 

See also that the right tract gets into the hands of the 
right person. You can do positive harm by indiscrim- 
inate work. 

Study the lists of tracts issued, make good selections 
and be judicious in your use of them. 

Never give away a tract that you do not personally 
know. 

15. Get your League into touch with the Deaconess 
movement ; send supplies to the " Homes," and do all 
you can to aid this grand work. 

16. Have an " Emergency Fund " for this department. 



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how to make: the wheei, go. 



Now and then money may be needed quickly and such 
a fund should be in the hands of some one for the 
special work of this department. 

17. Keep a business-like record of all the receipts, 
expenditures and work of this department. 

18. Some chapters have " cleaned house " for the sick. 

19. Some have gone to the homes and sewed or 
worked in the kitchen or cared for the children while 
tired mothers rested or attended to other duties or went 
to church. 

20. leagues have hired nurses and cared for the 
dangerously sick. 

21. Members have made walks, shoveled snow and 
chopped wood for the aged and helpless ones. 

22. Country chapters have gathered supplies and 
sent them to Deaconess Homes or to charitable organiza- 
tions in our great cities. 

23. Chapters have paid the rent for poor families and 
provided food and clothing and medicine when needed. 

24. Some Leagues keep the grass around the church 
well trimmed and the walks in good condition, place 
lamps about the church, re-paper the audience-room, 
etc., etc. 

25. Some Leagues furnish Sunday breakfasts for 
men and then invite them to stay for the church 
services. 

26. Country chapters can post notices of the League 
and church meetings in the village post-office ; keep 
the grass in church yard and burying ground well 
trimmed ; carry flowers and reading matter to the sick 
and convalescent ; split wood or carry coal or run errands 
for those who are old or not strong ; send money, pro- 
visions or clothing to the nearest Deaconess Home ; 
send to the city for poor children and give them a two 
weeks' outing in July or August; find places for the 



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unemployed and helpers for those employing men, etc. 
The country chapter can, as you see, duplicate the work 
of the city chapter in many lines. 

Correspond with other country chapters and find out 
what they are doing in this department. 

27. Remember always the public charities near you ; 
the Deaconess Home, the Hospital, the Orphanage, the 
Epworth League House, etc. If you live in the country, 
send provisions to them. 

28. Raise potted plants in your home to distribute 
as needed. A package of seeds or cuttings distributed 
in the spring-time will give a good supply for the next 
winter's use. 

29. Go into homes and help the mothers mend or 
make clothing for the children, care for the children, 
wash dishes, sweep the floors and make the home happy 
because of your kindly deeds. 

30. Prepare boxes of clothing to send to needy 
families on the frontier, to missionaries, to public 
charities. By holding an " Old Clothes " sociable, when 
every one brings some article, you can gather together 
a great deal. Be very sure to mend everything before 
sending it away. 

31. Organize an Employment Bureau and place at its 
head some efficient member to assist in finding employ- 
ment for those who need it, to find helpers for those 
who desire to employ them, to find board and boarding- 
places for members and friends, etc. I^ess temptation 
comes to those who are employed or at least they have 
less time to listen to the siren. Do all the good you 
can in this way and you will gain the lasting friendship 
of everyone you assist. 

32. Always stand firmly for temperance, frown upon 
impure literature, and condemn dishonesty and im- 
purity in social and public life. 



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The Department of Literary Work.— Third 
Vice=President. 



" How much better is it to get wisdom than gold; and 
to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver." 

Dear officer : — You have charge of the " intellectual 
life" of the League, and everything that will give 
" stimulus and direction to Christian culture " is in 
your field. 

1. The preparation of the programmes for the regular 
monthly meetings or the literary meetings of the 
Chapter is a very important work. Unless these are 
good, the attendance will decrease and the interest will 
lag. 

These meetings are public exhibitions of the work 
and influence of your department and are a pretty correct 
gauge of the work done. 

2. Make every meeting a matter of study and prayer. 
Put into them all the interest and enthusiasm you can 
and make every one " an era in the intellectual life of 
the League." 

3. During the year, every member should appear on 
the programme at least once. To use the capable and 
neglect the weaker ones is a mistake. You are to make 
the weak ones strong. Give every member a chance 
and give those who need this education frequent oppor- 
tunity. Remember, " the League is a training-school for 
the benefit of all of its members." Of course, you are to 
grade the work according to the capacity of the mem- 
bers to perform. 



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4. Have plenty of good music on your programmes. 
Use all the musical ability in your League. 

5. It is well to have a plan for a series of meetings 
but do not bind yourself so closely to it that you cannot 
change it or drop it if it does not prove successful. 
Better drop it, however much you cherish it, than have 
the interest die out. 

6. Draw largely upon the experiences and the per- 
sonal knowledge of the members rather than upon 
dictijnaries and encyclopedias. Topics describing 
their work or experience in their stores and shops and 
daily occupations will prove most interesting. 

7. Begin on time ; do not make the programme too 
long and tedious ; close in good season. 

8. Literary Programmes.— You may have all the 
variety heart can wish. The whole wide world is before 
us and the themes of interest are numberless. Here are 
some that have been gleaned from the Herald and 
other sources : 

A series — The Great Cities of the World ; Great Names 
in History; Great Religious Movements; Christianity 
and Human Progress ; Six Evenings Spent with the 
World ; God in Human History ; Bible History ; A World 
of Wonders; American Authors; Great Reformers; 
Masterpieces of Literature; History of the Church; 
Evenings in Astronomy, etc., etc., etc. 

The above are general topics. Any number of enter- 
tainments can be grouped under the one heading, 

Single Entertainments — The Life of Christ ; Boyhood 
of Christ; "The New Era" (Dr. Strong's book) ; Sermons 
in Stones ; Books in Running Brooks ; Good in Every- 
thing; An Evening with Electricity; A Session of the 
General Conference ; Savonarola ; John and Charles Wes- 
ley ; Susannah Wesley ; An Evening with the Familiar 
Industries ; A Visit to our Local Shops and Factories ; 



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Word Studies from the Dictionary ; Among the Law- 
Makers; An Evening Among the Indians; From the 
Magazines ; Wit and Humor ; The Egypt of the Bible ; 
Ohio Night ; A Night at Sea ; An Evening with Methodist 
Polity ; A Trip to Mexico ; April Showers, Medley ; 
Paul's Journeys ; A Study in Patriotism ; The Old World 
Seeking the New; The Growth of Letters ; An Evening 
at Epworth ; The Red-Cross Movement ; An Evening on 
Etiquette ; How do you Pronounce ? ; The Pilgrims ; A 
Literary Contest; A Spelling Test; Word Studies; 
Scott and Scotland; A "Name" Programme; Chimes 
from the Liberty Bell ; A Boston Tea-Party ; A Debate ; 
A Literary Contest ; Popular Superstitions ; A " Motto " 
Evening; " Absent Members' Evening etc., etc., etc. 

Study these subjects and these will suggest other 
themes. If you are planning for a series, have one 
thought running through them all. You and your 
committee can devise a most excellent programme. It 
may start with a mere suggestion and then grow till the 
year will not contain it. 

2. Do not be afraid of making your Literary Depart- 
ment " too literary" 

3. Aim high and work up to your ideal. Do not be 
discouraged if you do not attain your ideal. Plant your 
standard still farther forward. If your sword is too short, 
" add a step to it." 

4. Reading. — It is your duty to assist the members 
in their reading, and the work of this department is not 
done till the Third Vice-President knows in a general way 
what each member is reading. Some such plan as the 
following may answer : 

A a At the very beginning of the year it might be 
well to inquire among the members as to what reading 
or study they wish to take up or what reading they are 
planning to do. This will give you the necessary in' 



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formation upon which the officers can base their plans, 

B. Arrange for Reading-Circles, League Readings, 
Book-a-Month Clubs, Paul Clubs, in different lines and 
sections to accommodate the greatest number possible. 

It might be well to map out some supplementary 
readings for those who have no preferences. 

C. The monthly meeting should either show forth 
the literary work thus done or should largely determine 
the League readings ; or, if preferred, the readings may 
bear upon the topics and be made to contribute to the 
interest and success of the meetings. 

D. Have printed " reading reports " (one for each 
month) placed in the hands of each member. See page 
108. Give this matter of reporting into the hands of 
one person and let this person secure a report from 
each member each month, detailing the reading, or, if 
nothing has been read, state that. 

This can be done and be done well. 

The information thus gathered is most valuable. 
It shows just what each one is doing. Now and then it 
is best to suggest a change in some one's reading. 
Now and then interest must be aroused. It puts a 
finger on the League pulse and reports to you most 
surely the tone of the literary life of the League. It is 
a direct spur to effort and leads to more and better 
literary work. You can thus touch every member and 
make him feel the very pulsating life and activity of the 
League. It means work, but it pays. Try it. 

F. All of your members may not know how nor what 
to read. Study them ; study books ; teach them. As 
one has well said — " Teach them to plan, vary, limit, fix, 
time, enrich, preserve their reading." 

G. Have your " Reading Clerk ,s tabulate the re- 
ports each month and present them at the monthly 
meeting as a part of the report of the Literary Depart- 



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raeut. Your grand totals will surprise you and be a 
constant incentive to yet greater things. 

5. An easy way to start reading circles is to select a 
few persons who desire to read certain books and ask 
each one of these to interest and gather together his 
own " circle." All of these must be reported and be 
under the direction of this departmeut. 

6. Some chapters give courses of lectures and enter- 
tainments ; some have reading-rooms under their care. 

7. Always keep the Epworth Herald in mind. 
Secure as many subscriptions for it as possible. It will 
greatly increase the usefulness of the I,eague. Do 
what you can toward securing subscribers for the 
Advocates. Every Methodist home should have at least 
one Methodist paper. Current literature should receive 
attention also. 

8. Much good may be done by asking members to 
bring their Heralds and Advocates and have some one 
take or send them to a hospital or to the jails or to 
some charitable institution. 

9. Use your local newspaper freely for notices and 
reports of meetings. 

Third Vice-President, always remember that it is your 
duty to direct work, not to do it. Plan well, work en- 
thusiastically and persistently, rally your helpers and 
lead and direct them thoughtfully, and you can wonder- 
fully^influence the life and activities of the L,eague. 
You have wonderful opportunities. Will you use them 
and make the most of them ? 



THK DEPARTMENT QF SOCIAI, WORK. 



The Department of Social Work.— Fourth 
Vice=President. 



" In all things show thyself a pattern of good works. 
Be a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober 
just, holy, temperate" 

The work of this department is very important, and 
requires tact, patience, sociability, courage, enthusiasm, 
influence. Its members are to welcome, entertain, 
amuse, and through these very means, uplift human 
character, and bring about in the church " the perfection 
of social life." 

1. Have in the hands of your committee application 
cards which those desiring to become members may 
sign. These are then to be presented to the Cabinet for 
recommendation to the Chapter. See Article III of the 
Constitution. 

2. It will be your duty to introduce new members to 
the members of the League and to do what you can " to 
make them feel at home." A little thoughtful kindness 
at the very beginning may secure their lasting gratitude. 

3. Select a Chorister to take charge of the music for 
the devotional meeting. This person should have some 
knowledge of music, exercise good judgment in the 
selection of hymns, and be himself a Christian. Only 
one who knows by experience what the Christian life is 
can sing " the old, old story " to others. The Chorister 
should sit in front, and when the audience is singing he 
should stand before them and by sign or signal or move- 
ment of the baton lead so " all voices may be as one." 



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He should thoroughly familiarize himself with the hymn- 
book used so as to have its coutents at command. Do 
not underrate the services of a good Chorister. Note 
suggestions on pages 30-32. 

4. Select a corps of good Ushers and make the " Head 
Usher " responsible for their work. They should 
always be present in time to attend to their duties. 
They should see to the heating and ventilating of the 
room, the condition of the pews or the arrangement of 
the chairs, the distribution of song books, leaflets, etc. 
Everything that pertains to the ease and comfort of the 
audience belongs to their line of duties. The people 
coming first should be shown to front seats. Those who 
necessarily come late do not like to disturb a meeting. 
Then, too, the grouping of members in the rear seats or 
near the door may prevent some one from coming in and 
thus do positive harm. 

Ushers can do an important work by securing the 
names and addresses of strangers and handing these to 
the proper persons. 

After dismission they can aid the work by kindly 
attention to strangers, inviting them to come again, and 
finding places for them in the church for the preaching 
service. Commend me to a genial, courteous, thoughtful 
usher ! 

5. Select some one who loves music and who will be 
able to bring out the musical talent of the Chapter and 
can now and then invite some skilled player or singer 
from outside, and place the music of the monthly and 
special meetings in his hands. Hold him responsible for 
it. 3 This person, be he the Chorister or some one else, 
can associate with him such helpers as may be desired. 
Have plenty of music and have the best the L,eaguers 
can prepare. 

6. Do your best to have every member wear a badge. 



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It is not only an evidence of membership in your chap* 
ter but of membership in the great Epworth army. 

In case of accident or sickness or misfortune, the mem- 
ber's badge and his name and address and that of his 
home chapter in his pocket-book, may bring the help 
and assistance he needs. 

7. Socials. — A. Give one social every month. If 
the regular monthly meeting is in the first week of the 
month, have a social the third week of each month. 
It is best to have a definite time for the various meetings 
and avoid confusion. 

B. The purpose is to welcome new members, to 
become acquainted with them, to become better ac- 
quainted with each other. These gatherings then 
should be entirely free, neither charging a fee nor 
lifting a collection. 

C. Now and then social entertainments of different 
kinds may be given when a fee may be charged or a 
" silver offering " be taken. A programme may be given 
and a pleasant evening be had. In these, as in all enter- 
tainments, nothing must be permitted that will be at all 
questionable for Christians to engage in or that will 
have a wrong tendency. 

We are social beings and life and energy and sunshine 
and fun are as necessary to a young life as food and 
drink. This department can furnish these and furnish 
them free from harmful tendencies, as genial and pleas- 
ing as the sunshine, and as pure as the water of the 
purling stream. This department can act as a brake 
and absolutely check every wrongful tendency. Through 
its consecrated young manhood and young womanhood 
it can throttle every social wrong, every social sin and 
crime. 

8. Train the young people in matters of etiquette. 
Common matters, as introductions, invitations, accept- 



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ances, regrets, calls, receptions, etc., can all be explained 
and gone through with as class work. No need to turn 
these things over to the dancing-master. Teach the 
younger members how to demean themselves properly 
and how to appear well and at ease among ladies and 
gentlemen. 

9. Observe Old Folks* Day. Some Sunday in the 
Fall decorate your church and bring in the old people 
near you and have the service " all for them." Ask the 
Pastor to preach an appropriate sermon and close the 
service by having an " old-fashioned class meeting." It 
will do them a world of good, will teach you many valua- 
ble lessons and will bind the old and the young closer 
together. Try it ! 

At 3 p. M. of the same Sunday send out small commit- 
tees to the homes of elderly or unfortunate persons 
who could not attend the morning service. Sing and 
read and pray with them. Make this day a real " Old 
Folks' » holy-day. 

10. After the school year closes, hold a reception to 
the members of your chapter who graduated from the 
public schools. It has been tried in a number of chap- 
ters and with good success. 

11. Observe Anniversary-Day in May of each year. 
May it be the day of all the League year ! Through 
your reports acquaint the church membership with the 
work of the League in its various departments. 

12. This department is not a money-making depart- 
ment. Such a use of it would completely pervert its end 
and aim. 

13. If light refreshments are served at a social or 
reception, make no charge for them. 

14. Teach your young people to be careful of their 
conduct. Giddy demeanor and idle, silly, useless talk 
may drive persons away and wreck the League. 



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15. A most worthy movement is the establishment of 
" League Houses " in the neglected parts of our cities. 
In these, ideal home-life is shown to all. Every one is 
free to visit the house. Classes in various branches may 
be organized and the Home become a school of things 
useful and good. Study those in Boston and Chicago. 

Orphanages and Hospitals have been established 
under League auspices. You can readily acquaint your- 
self with these new forward movements of the League. 

16. Remember that mere amusement grows weari- 
some ; improvement and instruction prove lasting and 
satisfy a variety of tastes. 

17. Entertainments.— The following are a few of 
the many kinds of social entertainments that have been 
tried by various Chapters : A Curio Social (exhibition of 
curious articles) ; A Story-telling Social (each guest to 
tell a short story) ; A Concert of Nations ; A Concert of 
Songs of all Nations ; An Evening of Travel ; A " Per- 
sonally Conducted " Tour Abroad ; A Conversational ; 
Evenings with Authors ; Musical Programmes ; Elocu- 
tionary Programmes ; L. U. B. A. (Let us become 
acquainted) Social ; A " Tagging " Social (each member 
bears a card with his name on it) ; A Kodak Social ; The 
Family Album ; An Electric Social ; A Photo Social ; 
etc., etc. Many of these can be made educational and 
be used by the Literary Department. 

18. Nota Bene. — The League entertainment is a 
failure — 

When it is flat. 

When it smacks of the theatre. 
When refined taste is outraged. 
When the caste spirit is promoted. 
When the seeds of discord are sown. 
When it leads to sinful extravagance. 
When the chief object is to raise money. 



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When God's blessing cannot be asked. 

When religion is robbed of its good name. — Clipping. 

"Never countenance or engage in any amusements 
that are forbidden by our Church or are not engaged in 
by the best Christian people you know, or that your own 
conscience will not unqualifiedly approve, and that you 
cannot recommend to others. Remember that you are 
seeking purity of heart and growth in grace. Let your 
life be as nearly blameless as you can make it." — Miss 
Helen F. Barnes, in Epworth Herald. 

" God meant this for a happy world — I had almost 
said a jolly world. Birds carol, lambs frisk, kittens 
gambol, brooks sing, and now and then the mountains 
skip like rams, and all the trees of the field clap their 
hands for joy. Mirth and wit are faculties of men just 
as much as reason and conscience, and are faculties to be 
used and richly enjoyed." — Bishop Foss. 
* Do all things in a manner consistent with your pro- 
fession as a Christian and with the earnest desire and 
prayer that all your acts shall be such as to influence 
others to become Christians. 

Our ideal of sociability is Jesus Christ, who went 
about doing good and who brought life and cheer and 
sunshine into the lives of all with whom he came in 
contact. 



Department of Correspondence.— The Secretary. 



"Be not slothful in business" "He becometh poor 
that dealeth with a slack hand : but the hand of the 
diligent maketh rich." 

My dear Secretary Do not belittle the work of your 
department. " IT is THE power-house of the 
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DEPARTMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE. 55 



going. Sit down with me and let us consider the work 
that comes to you and your associate workers. 

1. Keep an accurate record of your League, its early 
history, organization, etc. This may become valuable 
some day. 

2. The keeping of the minutes of a series of meetings 
is not an easy task. Avoid the use of the same stereo- 
typed order and expressions. Vary the wording. After 
approval, record them neatly in your own permanent 
record-book. Sign them and have the President also 
sign them. 

You need not report discussions nor privileged ques- 
tions nor as a rule motions that are lost, but do make 
your minutes full enough so that they will give a com- 
plete record of the work of the League. 

Every motion that prevails, with the name of the 
mover of the motion, should be clearly and exactly set 
down. 

If you are not sure of the wording of a motion, reqmst 
the person making it to hand it in in writing. 

3. Immediately after election, send the list of officers 
and addresses to the Central Office and also to any City 
or District or Conference Leagues of which you are a 
part. They need these names in order to keep tfreir 
records " up to date " and you need to send them so that 
mail may surely reach the officer of your own Chapter 
for whom it is intended. 

4. Place a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws in 
the hands of every member. 

5. Appoint members who shall carry on correspond- 
ence in the name of the League with all the sick arid 
with absent members. This may hold these to the 
League and the Church. The reading of selected por- 
tions of their letters would be helpful to the League 
We must not forget the sick and the absent ones. " Th* 



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Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent 
one from another." 

6. Select one or more to correspond with other Chap- 
ters and to gather material for use in your own Chapter. 

7. Procure a good scrap-book for each officer and in 
this have him paste all notes and suggestions bearing 
on the work of his department, clippings from the 
Herald and Advocates and all other sources. 

A copy of his own reports should also be pasted in the 
book. Thus each officer gathers a fund of information 
for his own use and the guidance of his successor. 

When filled, these books should be properly labeled 
and be placed in the League library. 

8. Select some one to act as " Reporter." He is to 
see that notices of all meetings are handed to the local 
papers and that reports of meetings are sent to them. 

He or some one else should also see to the giving out 
of all notices relating to League work, meetings, etc. 

9. Reports of all department officers should come to 
this department for tabulation and recording. 

10. Keep a list of members corrected to date. Few 
Secretaries do this. Are you one ? 

11. Secure the name and address of every new mem- 
ber and every young person received into the church 
and see that these are given to the proper officers for 
record, for visiting, etc. 

12. As soon as members are assigned to the depart- 
ments, prepare and post a list of these, so that each one 
may know just where he has been assigned. This list 
will also be helpful as a means of ready reference. 

13. Always hand to the chairman of every committee 
a list of the members of his committee. 

14. Keep on hand all needed supplies, — Constitu- 
tions, Application Cards, Transfer Cards, Withdrawal 
Cards, etc., etc. See page 105, et seq. 



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15. Always notify the officers, Pastor, and Junior 
Superintendent of Cabinet meetings. Some Secretaries 
also notify the first committeeman of each department 
in order to have every department represented. 

16. Select some one as Monitor and provide for his 
use an indexed book containing the names of all mem- 
bers, alphabetically arranged for speedy reference. The 
Monitor should be seated at some convenient place 
(probably in front facing the audience) in every meeting, 
especially in the devotional meetings, and as members 
come in, check their names. Thus you have for many 
uses an excellent record. Absentees should be seen 
or cards be sent to them, or they should be visited, if 
sick. You can thus reach the absentees easily and from 
several directions. You see how important the Monitor's 
work is. 

17. All who are away at school or are absent for some 
time, invalids, and all who cannot get about easily, 
should be assigned to your department. They can 
write and much good can be done by the pen. A letter 
from a sick-room to an unconverted friend may bring 
that one to Christ. 

18. Give the Presiding Klder a complete report of 
all of the work of the seveial departments of your 
Chapter. Furnish this also to all other League organi- 
zations requesting it. 

19. Answer promptly and fully all inquiries from the 
Central office and from District officers. 

20. Keep well posted on the general work and inter- 
ests of the League and on all meetings of the Board of 
Control. 

Mr. Secretary : Do you think a Secretary has nothing 
to do ? Yes, if he is a do-nothing Secretary. Depend 
upon it, you have all the work any one person can do 

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work will combine it with any other or add any more 
work to the Secretary's list. 

My dear officer, you are " general hustler" for the 
League. Keep things " lively " and earn your title. 



Department of Finance*— The Treasurer. 



"Render unto Ccesar the things which are Cczsar's 
and unto God the things that are God's." 

Here is another department that is not fully appre- 
ciated. The fact is that few Treasurers are good 
Treasurers — prompt, thorough, business-like. Let us 
look at the work of this department. 

1. Carefully scrutinize all proposed expenditures. 
Anybody can make money, but very few know how to 
save it. Save money for the League. 

2. Bills should not be contracted except as authorized 
and then through regular channels. 

Do not have accounts in various names. 

3. Kvery bill should be O.K.'d as to price and quan- 
tity by the person contracting it or making the purchase 
and when O.K.'d should be handed to the Treasurer. 

4. Payment of all bills should be made promptly. 
This is a business matter and the financial methods and 
credit of the League are at stake. 

Keep the League credit good — A No. 1. 

5. Always take receipts as vouchers for expenditures. 

6. A word as to the book-keeping. 

A. At the first Cabinet meeting of the year the 
officers can carefully estimate the regular receipts for 
the year and the necessary expenditures. 

£. The Cabinet can apportion to each department 
the amount deemed necessary. For example, $10.00 to 



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Department of Christian Work ; $20.00 to Department 
of Mercy and Help ; $10.00 to Department of Literary 
Work ; $10.00 to Department of Social Work ; $5.00 to 
Department of Correspondence ; $5.00 to Department 
of Finance. This is an apportionment to cover all the 
necessary working expenses of the departments of a 
large League and should be made as much smaller as 
possible, of course. 

C. The Treasurer should get a small ledger and use 
some simple method of keeping the accounts. 

The following may answer : 

Have one account for " Dues " and on the debit or 
left-hand side enter all money received from dues. 
From time to time you can turn this into another 
account — " General Fund " — crediting the " Dues " 
account and debiting " General Fund." Into this, funds 
from all sources and for all purposes can go and be 
drawn as authorized. When you have made your annual 
apportionment, open up an account with each depart- 
ment, debiting the department with the amount of the 
apportionment and crediting the same amount in the 
General Fund. Thus each department has an amount 
for its necessary uses. As bills come in from a depart- 
ment and are paid, credit the amount of the bill to the 
department. Any number of accounts can be opened, 
but these will illustrate one plan. At any moment you 
should be able to tell how much you have gotten from 
dues and other sources, how much each department has 
spent and for what, how much more each department is 
authorized to expend, what your total receipts have 
been, what you have expended in all, and the amount 
actually on hand. Simplify even this when you can. 

Or, you can merely keep a book and on the left-hand 
r>age write " Money Received " or " Receipts," and on 
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" Expenditures," and under each heading write out 
fully the date, from what or for what, and amount. 
This is an easy way. 

Keep an account in some form. Do the very best 
you can with such assistance as you can secure. 

7. The collection of dues should be attended to sys- 
tematically and persistently. There is no better way 
than to divide the membership among the members of 
your department and then " see " every member. Fol- 
low the plan of the Discipline. There is no better 
method for league or church. 

8. Shall we have dues ? Yes, even if but a nominal 
amount. There are lessons to be taught along this line, 
as well as along any other. 

9. But you have a more important work than the 
collection and expenditure of money. You are to teach 
the lesson of " systematic giving." 

Systematic Giving— 

A. To the current expense fund of the church. 

Have your committee meet with the League Secretary 
and the Church Treasurer. Let the Secretary run over 
the names of the members of the League and as each 
one is called the Church Treasurer is to state whether 
the person named is a regular contributor or not. If 
not, some one takes the name and is expected to call 
upon the person, talk the matter over, show how the 
church is supported, point out the duty of each one to 
pay something if but a penny toward its support, and 
secure his consent or pledge to contribute. Thus each 
non-giver should be seen. If this plan is carefully 
followed year after year, " the habit of systematic giving " 
is formed, church bills can be met promptly, churches be 
maintained and the too frequent " annual deficit " be 
unknown. 



DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 6l 

B. To all tlie church benevolences. 

Use the same method. Solicit only as much as the 
member can give and accept it with thanks even if it be 
but one penny. This added to other pennies will 
make dollars when the general treasury is reached. 

The above may not be the best way, but in some way 
you should teach this needed lesson. Teach through 
your department work the highest lessons by the sim- 
plest methods, using these most sordid tools. 

" Render unto Csesar the things which are Csesar's 
and unto God the things which are God's.' 

10. The pledging of the League to pay a part of the 
Pastor's salary or the expenses of the church is of very 
doubtful propriety and its tendency is unquestionably 
dangerous. 

It usually forces the League to give entertainments 
and that opens the door to many dangers. 

The League is not a separate department and the 
Church another. The Church includes the League and 
every member should contribute to every church fund 
and do so as a church member and not as a member of 
the League. 

Giving by the League must not be done as a society 
but as individuals. Guard this dangerous point ! 

11. Do not ask nor permit any one person to meet the 
expenses of the League. To do so deprives every mem- 
ber of his privilege, relieves him of a duty that no one 
can rightly perform but himself, narrows and cramps 
his soul. 

12. The " talent " plan is sometimes used to raise 
funds. Each member is given a small amount by the 
Treasurer and he is expected to return this to the 
Chapter on a certain date with its increase and tell the 
history of it. 

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iu a public meeting about special methods of raising 
money one gives to the church or any church fund. It 
may prove interesting. It may not be helpful to the 
giver. 

13. Birth-day offerings are requested in some Chap- 
ters. 

14. Recently there has sprung up an entirely new 
feature of league financial work, — Savings Banks or 
Savings Depositories. Note this work in Boston. Under 
proper safeguards this work may yet prove very useful. 
If you attempt anything in this direction, get first of all 
the advice and wisest suggestions of some experienced 
business men and surround it with every safeguard. 

15. Emphasize the fact that " giving" is a religious 
act, — giving " as unto the I*ord," 



THE JUNIOR LEAGUE. 



" Train up a child in the way he should go y and when 
he is eld he will not depart from it." 

JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT. 

1. The greatest care should be exercised in selecting 
a Superintendent for the Junior League. Few persons 
are fitted for this important work. The Superintendent 
must be a person of abundant resources, observant, 
thoughtful, having tact and patience, loving children 
and loved by them. It will be better not to have a 
Junior League than to have one with a weak or in- 
efficient Superintendent. 

2. Children's minds are impressible. You can mould 
them as you will. Be careful. This very fact makes the 
Superintendent's position an important one and his 
responsibility very great. 

3. In making up programmes for Junior meetings, 
remember that children love to sing and have others 
sing to them. 

4. Portions of the Bible and good thoughts from 
various sources should be memorized by the children. 
They will never forget them. And as age comes on and 
even the events of the day are forgotten, these truths 
learned in childhood will return to cheer and to bless 
them. 

5. Pible stories well told are always good. Thorough- 
ly familiarize yourself with a Bible narrative and tell it 
in story form. 

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room various objects, by the sight or use of which you 
can convey to the minds of the children the ideas they 
contain and which you want to teach to them. 

7. Do not forget the Catechism, but do not teach it 
as a mere memorizing exercise. Teach by modern 
inductive methods. Carry the truth of every answer to 
the child's mind by object lessons if possible, and by 
such other means as it can grasp. Teach it this way, and 
the Catechism will mean much more to you yourself. 

8. Carefully consider the time and place of meeting. 
Probably Sunday afternoons at 3 o'clock is the best hour 
for most Leagues. 

9. Remember to introduce variety into your pro- 
grammes. This is essential to success. 

10. Do not tire the boys and girls by long talks or by 
tedious drills or by prolonged meetings. They will 
appreciate brevity, variety, sunshine. 

11. Give them a part in everything that you can. A 
little responsibility will do them good. You can trust 
them, but, of course, place trust and responsibility 
judiciously. 

12. Teach them short prayers and draw from them in 
simple terms their " little cares and troubles in being 
good," and show them how to " do better next time," 
and encourage them in every good effort, word and 
work. Read Susannah Wesley's letter detailing her 
methods in the Kpworth Home. 

13. Watch the columns of the Herald for new plans 
and ideas. Have the object of this organization defi- 
nitely fixed in your mind, and then have every plan and 
device and action lead toward that end. 

14. Organize the Junior work according to depart- 
ments just as in the Senior League. This is a training 
school, and you can drill the members here in every line 
of work they are to have later on. The Junior League is 



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only a simplified Senior League; easier work, but of the 
same kind. Use the " Wheel " and the key-words — 
Heart, Hand, Head, Feet, Pen, Pocket— to impress and 
fix the thought in their minds. 

15. There should be some definite course or line of 
study pursued which they can complete by the time 
they are to step into the Senior League. This done well 
should entitle them to graduation into the Senior 
League. They may remain in the Junior League till 
they are sixteen years old, the age limit being thirteen 
to sixteen, as each Chapter may determine. 

16. For your Junior Commencement occasion have a 
nice little programme of exercises, presentation of the 
graduates, exchange of the Junior Badge for the Senior 
Badge, etc., — a formal transfer of membership from one 
department into the other. This gives a dignity to the 
work, encourages those who have done good work, and 
inspires those who remain with a desire to do as well or 
better. See a suggested exercise, page 101. 

17. Have a number of persons participate in each 
Junior meeting, so that the interest may be fully main- 
tained. 

18. Study the meeting's needs, and always have a 
good programme. At least three elements must enter 
Snto it : 

{a) Devotion. 

( b ) Instruction. 

( c ) Entertainment in its best sense. 

A. Lead the children to take part,— pray, sing, 
read Scripture, give testimony, and their experiences 
" in trying to be good." Do not prolong this part. 
From ten to fifteen minutes (according to number 
and age of members) is quite long enough. 

B. This should include the study of the Bible as 
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larly the Commandments and Beatitudes, the study 
of the Catechism, lessons in temperance, a little about 
missions, church festivals, bits of church history, 
and such other matters as will be helpful to them. 
Do not burden them with statistics and dry histor- 
ical or doctrinal bones, but give good, healthful, in- 
vigorating mental food. (Ten to fifteen minutes.) 

C. The reading or reciting of Bible stories, short 
readings from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress or some 
equally good book, singing, and short exercises that 
will rest them or help them, etc. (Ten minutes.) 

D. Have a short closing exercise : Repeating a 
verse or verses of Scripture, or a closing song, or 
the Lord's Prayer, or the XXIIId Psalm, or some 
other brief exercise. 

19. Use occasionally as an opening or closing exercise 
the Ivord's Prayer or the Twenty-third Psalm in concert. 

20. Get Junior L,eague literature and Charter from 
the Central Office. & 

21. It is doubtful whether a membership fee is desir- 
able. A voluntary collection might be taken or a very 
small offering be suggested, but payment should not be 
insisted upon. 

22. Have Junior Badges for all members. 

23. Be careful about sending children out as solicitors, 
— dangerous. 

24. Have a good black-board in the room and use it. 
You can teach through the eye as effectively as through 
the ear. 

25. You can train the children to do many helpful 
" little things " that will bless and encourage others. 

Cutting out pictures and making scrap-books of 
pictures for other less fortunate children, sending 
flowers to the sick, and other similar " good works " 
children can do and do well. 



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26. Use your very best efforts and exercise all the 
ingenuity you can to get and hold " the boys." Do not 
let them get away from the Sunday School and the 
Church, Boys want something to do. Keep them busy 
and interested and you can hold them. 

27. When deemed advisable by Pastor, Junior Super- 
intendent and Cabinet, a company of Epworth Guards 
may be organized. The experience of many is that this 
movement greatly interests " the boys," and when care- 
fully and prayerfully managed becomes a valuable aid in 
holding them. 

Select some one as drill master who is himself a 
Christian. As the purpose is to win the boys and in- 
fluence them in favor of all that is good, he should be a 
person whose personal influence, example and conversa- 
tion are good. 

Use canes or wands in drill ; avoid the use of real or 
even imitation guns or swords. 

Maintain good discipline. Obedience must be insisted 
upon, and disobedience must have as its final penalty, 
dismissal. 

Erect carriage ; polite, courteous conduct ; obedience 
to recognized authority ; patriotism ; Christian man- 
hood, — should be the aims. 

Keep the Christian idea and life in and through it 
all. 

28. If thought best, the girls can be given instruction 
in physical culture, the rules of polite conduct, obedience, 
Christian womanhood. 

In some places, cooking and sewing schools have been 
organized for the instruction of the girls. 

29. Interest the Juniors in humane work, — to prevent 
cruelty to dumb creatures, shooting birds, robbing 
birds' nests, etc. 

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Train them in "systematic giving" to these worthy 
causes. 

Junior Superintendent This work is a part of 
the League work. Do not " run it " yourself. Present 
to the Cabinet and Pastor your work, its difficulties, 
your plans, etc., and ask their help and suggestions. 
' Several heads are better than one." 

Study child life, its capabilities, the laws of its growth, 
seek the best illustrations to impress the facts, be very 
careful of your walk and conversation before the 
children, be " sunshiny," study, pray, work, — and God 
will bring to your heart " showers of blessing 4 " and to 
the boys and girls, grand lives, beautiful characters, 
abundant victories. 

League Officers : — A word to you. When the 
Junior Superintendent has presented the work of the 
Juniors to the Cabinet and suggestions have been made 
or action taken, then let him alone unless he requests 
your further aid or action or presence. 

Do not interfere with his work, or place obstructions 
in his way, or speak ill of him or his work, — and 
especially do not do so before the children. 

Some Chapters have their committees regularly in at- 
tendance as visitors. On this subject confer with the 
Junior Superintendent, and if the influence is bad or if 
it proves embarrassing to him or detrimental to the 
work, discontinue it at once. 

On Junior League matters always confer together 
fully in Cabinet meeting and have each person thorough- 
ly understand his work, the work of each other one, the 
mutual relations and interests of the Junior and Senior 
Leagues and the Church of which they are but parts. 



THE DISTRICT LEAGUE. 



The importance of the Presiding Elder's District 
League cannot be overestimated. It is the "key to the 
situation.'* 

1. In Districts where there is no organization, some 
person or persons should confer at once with the Presid- 
ing Elder and leading League workers, and hold a 
District Convention in the Fall. Every District should 
be organized as soon as possible. 

2. All that is needed to secure great strength, to bring 
every Chapter into the closest relation with the District 
and the General Conference District League, and to 
complete the League chain, is to have the same plan, 
officers, etc., i. e., organization — in every District. This 
once accomplished, and from the bottom to the top we 
have close union, sympathy and increased power. 

3. » All officers of the same rank can and should be in 
correspondence and conference, doing their work just as 
officers of other societies in our church do theirs. The 
President of a General Conference District will theii 
have as his correspondents the District Presidents, ancj 
they should report to him. Each District President 
will be in correspondence with the President of every 
local Chapter, and these should report to him. So with 
every officer. Every general and Conference officer has 
felt the need of these " missing links," and the nearer 
we have come in our Districts to the complete plan the 
better # have been our results. Looked at from the 
position of the Chapter, — the officers of the Chapters 
should report to like officers of the District League ; 



HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEl* GO. 



these in turn to the officers of the General Conference 
District ; these to the General League. Every Presiding 
Elder should be furnished with full statistics from every 
Chapter, so that the work of the League may become a 
part of the general reports. 

4. The officers of District Leagues are urged to 
organize a Chapter on every charge, and see that the 
same is duly registered at the Central Office. As changes 
are constantly occurring, the names of the officers-elect 
should be sent soon after every annual election, so the 
list may be accurate ; otherwise they may fail to receive 
notices, programmes, etc. 

5. Train Ep worth workers in the practical work of 
the League at every District Convention, have good, 
helpful programmes, and make these meetings sources 
of great spiritual earnestness and enthusiasm. 

6. Study the plan of " Group Meetings." 

These are meetings of the members of a certain num- 
ber of Chapters of the District and are held at one of 
the churches of the District. Suppose, for example, 
there are thirty-five churches in a given District. The 
Leagues in churches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are invited to 
meet, say at church No. 6, as that is the most con- 
venient for all. A regular Convention is held, with a 
good programme, reports from every church, a full 
presentation and discussion of methods of work in all 
their detail, good music, sociability and a good time. 
All through it the idea must be to teach members "kow" 
to do League work and " what to do." Make it practical. 
The other Chapters meet at other designated churches 
at the call of the District President. These " Group' ' 
or " Sub-District Meetings " are intended to reach the 
mass of the membership and to train them in League 
work and methods. 



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7. Once a year a District Convention should be held 
At some convenient place. The programme should in- 
clude reports from all Chapters, papers on selected 
themes, some of the best material from the "Group" 
meetings, good music, great enthusiasm. 

8. By the means suggested you can bring under the 
direct influence of the League and into sympathy with 
it at least a thousand young people every year. Not 
only will you touch the many, but you will discover soon 
very intelligent and very capable young people to whom 
you can assign various kinds of League work and who 
in a short time can be prepared for the League's official 
positions. 

The " Group Meetings" must have good programmes, 
be well advertised and " worked up " in every Chapter 
and church. Every Pastor must be interested and his 
presence be secured. Begin " on time," and then " keep 
things moving." Call the roll of the Chapters and 
bring into the programmes and into some part of the 
meeting every person possible. Officers and Pastor must 
be careful not to take up all the time, but to " give the 
young delegates a chance." Never forget to present the 
advantage of taking the Epworth Herald, and take 
subscriptions for it, for growing Bpworth Leaguers can- 
not do without it. Do not let the meetings drag. Give 
the opportunity to declare for Christ. When the pro- 
gramme is finished and the business has been attended 
to, do not tire the Convention by holding it longer. 
Make it all so interesting and profitable -that every one 
will want to come the next year. 

9. President :— Do not forget the District Cabinel 
meeting. Call your associate officers together, compare 
notes, confer together, pray together, and work to 
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Let us unitedly press forward in District organization, 
occupy every strategic point, unfold our League colors 
to the breeze from every hill-top, be messengers oi 
good cheer and Christian helpfulness to every fireside, 
rally our Bpworth hosts in every valley and make our 
glorious Methodist Church a power in the land, yet 
u loving every church that loves and exalts our Christ." 



CONVENTIONS. 



1. Conventions should be held at such times and at 
such places as will accommodate the greatest number of 
interested persons. 

2. The programme should be adapted to the needs of 
the members, and be such as that particular Convention 
needs. The programme for a District should be very 
different from that of an International body. Deter- 
mine the purpose of the programme, and the needs of 
those who shall hear it, and then build it wisely. 

3. Each Convention should have some new feature, — 
well thought out and well presented. 

4. Reports from Leagues (Chapter, District or General 
District) should be given due prominence always and 
should never be omitted. 

5. A " Free Parliament " and general discussion, if 
well kept in hand by the presiding officer and kept close 
to the topic under discussion, gives variety and usually 
proves interesting and profitable. 

6. So far as possible " encourage home talent." The 
greater the number taking part the more interest and 
the larger the audiences. 

7. Do not crowd the programme. Give ample time 
for reports, discussions, music, introductions, and — "the 
unexpected." Give the delegates breathing spells. 
They will then come back to the Convention work re- 
freshed and ready to give close attention. 

8. Urge the free use of pencils and note-books to 
garner up the good things of the Convention. 

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time and close on time. Better cut off an interesting 
discussion than to tediously prolong a session or to let 
a discussion drag. 

10. The Secretary and various committees should 
" work up " enthusiasm and wide interest in the Con- 
vention. Make those who do not come feel they are 
missing a great opportunity. 

11. Have every detail relating to the registry of dele- 
gates, their entertainment, their personal convenience, 
carefully planned and provided for before the Conven- 
tion meets. 

12. Good, soulful music will help to make the Con- 
vention a success. 

13. A Convention should never meet, transact its 
business and adjourn unless due provision has been 
made and ample opportunity afforded for a moral uplift 
of all of its members. A deep religious spirit should 
pervade it, and its last hours should witness the fruitage 
of earnest consuming prayer in pentecostal showers of 
blessing. Saving souls is the primal business of the 
Epworth Iveague. Send every delegate to his home 
filled with the spirit and eager to kindle the flame of 
love for Christ and the Church in other hearts about 
him. 



AN OPENING RESPONSIVE SERVICE. 
I. 

Singing — " The Gloria/ ' 

President — " O come, let us worship and bow down ; 
let us kneel before the Lord our maker." 

Members of Department of Spiritual Work, led by 
ist Vice-President — "They that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with 
wings as eagles." 

Members of Department of Mercy and Help, led by 
the 2nd Vice-President — "The Lord also will be a refuge 
for the oppressed ; a refuge in times of trouble. And 
they that know thy name will put their trust in thee ; 
for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." 

Members of Department of Literary Work, led by 
the jrd Vice-President— " The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all 
they that do his commandments ; his praise endureth 
forever." 

Members of Department of Social Work, led by the 
4th Vice-President — " For the Lord God is a sun and 
shield ; the Lord will give grace and glory ; no good 
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." 

Members of Department of Correspondence, led by 
the Secretary— Remember now thy Creator in the days 
of thy youth, while the evil days come not nor the years 
draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in 
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Members of Department of Finance^ led by the 
Treasurer — " He that spared not his own Son bnt de- 
livered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also 
freely give us all things." 

All — " Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne 
of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to 
help in time of need." 

Singing—" Praise God from whom all blessings flow" 
or " Sweet Hour of Prayer." 

Prayer. 
Regular programme. 

II. 

Singing— Psalm 122 read alternately. Singing. Prayer. 
III. 

Sing two or three numbers. All rise to sing the last 
stanza. 

Leader — " O come, let us worship and bow down : 
let us kneel before the Lord, our maker." 

All — " Worthy is the lamb that was slain, to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, 
and glory, and blessing." 

Leader — " Him hath God exalted with his right hand 
to be a Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel 
and forgiveness of sins." 

All — " Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne 
of grace, that we ma}' obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in time of need." 

Prayer. 

Song. (Selected) . 
Responsive reading. 
Song. (Selected). 

Regular programme. 



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IV. 

Sing two or three selections, all rising to sing the last 
stanza. 

Leader — " Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion, and 
unto thee shall the vow be performed." 

All — " Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, 
and the place where thy honor dwelleth." 

Leader — " Continue thy loving kindness unto them 
that know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright 
in heart.' ' 

All — "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O 
Lord ; in the evening will I direct my prayer unto thee 
and will look up." 

All — "Let the words of my mouth and the medi- 
tations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, 
my strength and my redeemer." 

Prayer, 

or 

Repeat various passages of Scripture and close 
with prayer, 

or 

All repeat the Lord's Prayer, 

or 

Silent prayer and the Leader close with prayer, 

or 

Silent prayer and close by chanting the Lord's 
Prayer. 
Song. (Selected). 
Responsive reading. 
Song. (Selected). 

Regular programme. 



CLOSING SERVICES. 



L 

President — " Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye 
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work 
of the Lord, for as much as ye know your labor is not 
in vain in the Lord." 

Department of Spiritual Work, led by the ist Vice- 
President — " And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom 
of heaven is at hand. Preach the word; be instant 
in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with 
all long suffering and doctrine." 

Department of Mercy and Help, led by the 2nd Vice- 
President — "Give and it shall be given unto you; good 
measure, pressed down and shaken together and run- 
ning over, shall men give into your bosom. For with 
the same measure ye mete withal it shall be measured 
to you again " 

Department of Literary Work, led by the 3rd Vice- 
President — "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it 
with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor 
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou 
goest." 

Department of Social Work, led by the 4th Vice-Presi- 
dent — " In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall 
direct thy paths." 

Department of Correspondence, led by the Secretary— 
u I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it 
is day. The night cometh when no man can work." 



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Department of Finance, led by the Treasurer — "Put 
on the whole armor of God that ye maybe able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil." 

All — " Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to 
the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the 
church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world with- 
out end. Amen." 

II. 

Repeat in concert Psalm XXIII. 
III. 

Repeat in concert the " Apostles , Creed." 
Benediction by the Pastor. 

IV. 

President — " The Lord bless thee and keep thee." 

Response — "The Lord make his face shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee." 

All— 1 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, 
and give thee peace." 

V. 

Silent prayer — A moment. 
The Lord's Prayer, all joining. 
VI. 

Psalm 121, read alternately t 



PARLIAMENTARY LAW FOR LEAGUE BUSINESS 
MEETINGS. 



Opening the Meeting.-— The President takes his 
chair, the other officers find their usual places, and by 
voice or by a stroke of the gavel the meeting is called 
to order. Silence should be insisted upon before any- 
thing further is done. 

Quorum.— Your By-Laws require the presence of 
members to transact business. 

Order of Business.— Follow the order detailed in 
your By-Laws. If none has been adopted, then use the 
order found in Art. 4 of the General By-Laws. 

Decorum.— Insist upon good order. Do not permit 
laughing, conversation or other breach of decorum dur- 
ing exercises. Every participant is entitled to good 
attention and a respectful hearing. To laugh or talk 
while another sings or plays, reads or speaks, is not only 
subversive of good order but is a breach of good man- 
ners 

Gaining the Floor.— When a member wishes to 
speak, he rises in his place addresses the presiding 
officer, thus: " Mr. President " (or Miss President, or 
Mrs. President, if a lady is presiding). He must wait 
before he speaks, till the President " recognizes " him; 
that is, speaks his name, " Mr. Doe." If a number rise 
at the same time the one whom the President hears first 
or whose name he speaks, is recognized and has the 
floor ; the others must be seated. He may now proceed. 

Motions. — Desultory talk accomplishes little or noth- 
ing, and so to transact business, " motions' ' are neces- 
sary, as they are the basis of all action. 



PARLIAMENTARY LAW. bi 

A member desiring to present any matter to the 
Chapter for consideration and action, rises, addresses 
the chair, gains recognition, and says: "I move that 

— (stating his motion)." A second person rises, is 

recognized and says: "I second that motion/' The 
President now " states " the motion; that is, he repeats 
the words used by the person making the motion or if 
any change is made in wording the thought is pre- 
served. He may say: <l It has been moved and 

seconded that (repeating the motion). Remarks 

are now in order " or, " are there any remarks? 99 Full 
discussion may now be had but not before. The mo- 
tion is now the property of the meeting and cannot be 
withdrawn except by unanimous consent or by a motion 
and vote to that effect. This motion before the house 
is the main question, and through all the changes that 
may be proposed and discussed must not be lost sight 
of. That is, keep it in mind so you may surely know 
and carry out the will of the Chapter with reference to 
it. When the discussion is done the President " puts" 
the motion by saying : * ' Are you ready for the question? ' ' 
If no further remarks, he continues: " All in favor of 
the motion will signify the same by saying * aye ' " (or 
rising or holding up the hand as may be the custom if 
such exists). The number voting is noted but is not to 
be announced yet. He continues: " All who are op- 
posed to the motion will say ' no ' " (or express their vote 
in the usual way). The 'number of negative votes is 
noted and he now announces both votes or states that 
the motion is carried or lost as the case may be. It is 
now the order or vote of the Chapter, 

This is a general form of procedure, but we must now 
notice how it can be varied. 

Amendments. — All motions that can be amended 
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INSERTING WORDS, by STRIKING OUT WORDS, by STRIKING 
OUT WORDS AND INSERTING OTHERS, by SUBSTITUTING 

another on the same subject, by dividing the motion 
into parts so as to vote on each part separately. 

When the main question is before the Chapter a mem- 
ber may gain the floor and say : "I move to amend the 
motion by — (telling how he wishes to change it). ' If 
permissible and if seconded, the President states it and 
it is open for discussion. It may be carried or voted 
down or itself be amended, but proposed change go no 
further than an amendment to an amendment. If the 
second amendment is voted down, there can be another 
second amendment. 

When ready to vote, the vote must be first taken on 
the second amendment if there is one ; if lost, it leaves 
the matter as it was before the second amendment was 
made, but if carried, the vote must be now on the first 
amendment as amended, and lastly on the original 
motion as amended. 

A motion to " substitute " [really strikes out all the 
words of a motion and inserts [other words which must 
be germane ; i. e. , in harmony with the idea of the first 
motion and is treated as such. The vote is upon it as 
an amendment and then upon the motion as amended. 

Amendments once presented and lost cannot be pre- 
sented a second time for action. 

To stop Debate. — While a discussion is helping the 
members to information free latitude may be given, 
but when it resolves itself into " mere talk " and wrang- 
ling it is time to close. This may be done in several 
ways. 

1. By adopting a rule that [the debate shall close at 
a certain time. 

2. By a motion to lay the matter on the table. 
This cannot be amended or debated and if carried, can- 



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not be reconsidered. By motion it can be taken from 
the table in proper order. Neither is this motion sub- 
ject to debate or amendment. 

3. By postponing to a certain time. Debate and 
amendment on this motion is restricted to the matter 
of time. At the designated time it is to be taken up 
just where it was before postponement. 

4. By referring the whole matter to a committee 
who shall report later. 

5. By a call for the Previous Question or a motion 
to close the debate. This closes debate and a vote is 
taken at once. 

A member feeling that debate should close, gains the 
floor: " Mr. President ! I move the previous question. ' ' 
The President asks: " Shall the main question now be 
put?" (equivalent to " shall the debate now close?") 
and a vote is taken, no debate, no amendments allowed. 
If lost, discussion goes on; if carried, discussion is 
ended and a vote is at once taken. The previous ques- 
tion should be-rarely used ; usually requires a two-thirds 
vote. 

6. By a motion to adjourn. — This is always in order 
if a member is not on the floor, and if there is not a 
prescribed order to go through with. If there is, then 
the motion should be 4 * to close the debate." It is not 
debatable, requires a majority vote. If lost, it cannot 
be made again till other business has intervened. 

To Reconsider. — A matter once acted upon cannot 
be reconsidered except upon vote to reconsider. This 
motion must be made and seconded by members who 
voted on the successful side. It is debatable if the 
question to be reconsidered is debatable. If lost, the 
matter is settled ; if carried, the question in its original 
form is before the Chapter. 

Motions to adjourn, to lay on the table, to reconsider, 



84 HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEL GO. 

that the committee rise, to suspend the rules, cannot 

be reconsidered. 

Nota Bene,— A motion to adjourn cannot be amended 
or tabled or debated (unless to adjourn to a definite 
time and place) nor be reconsidered. 

To fix the time (or time and place) to which to ad- 
journ, when unqualified, cannot be debated. 

To lay a matter on the table cannot be amended 
or debated. 

The previous question cannot be amended, tabled or 
debated. 

A call for the order of the day cannot be amended, 
tabled or debated. 

To reconsider a motion cannot be amended. 

Incidental motions (questions of order, appeals, a 
call for the reading of papers, permission to withdraw 
a motion, to amend an amendment, to suspend the 
rules, to extend or limit or close debate) cannot be 
amended e debated. 

Voting ma" oe viva voce (by voice), by rising, by lift- 
ing hand, by uallot. by responding " yea "or " nay" as 
their names are called. 

By Ballot. — Use any good plan. Have "Tellers" 
collect the ballots, count them and the chairman an- 
nounce the result. 

No one can vote on a matter affecting himself. 

In case of a tie vote, the motion fails unless the 
President gives his vote for the affirmative. If mem- 
bers present do not vote, they are supposed to favor the 
motion as they do not oppose it. 

A two-thirds vote is necessary to order the previous 
question, to refuse to reconsider, to suspend the rules. 

Points of Order.— The presiding officer must at all 
times and under the most trying circumstances pre- 
serve order and preside in a dignified, courteous, firm, 



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but kindly manner. If breaches of order occur, a mem* 
ber may rise and say: " Mr. President, I rise to a point 
of order.' ' The President invites the one speaking to 
stop a moment and says to the one interrupting: 
" State your point of order." He is then to do so briefly 
and the President, having heard the reasons, renders 
his decision. The speaker continues or stops as the 
decision may indicate. 

A member in speaking may be' too personal or use 
severe or uncalled-for terms. A member may call him 
to order as above and the President may caution or 
censure the offending member for the language used. 
Fortunately] such scenes are rare. Brotherly love and 
regard and the Christian spirit will prevent such scenes 
in League meetings, or, if a brother is forgetful of his 
associates, it will call him back to himself again. Use 
every effort to avoid harsh words, friction and misunder- 
standing. If one does a harmful act or says a harsh, 
hurtful word, all will think the more of him if he will 
rise in his place and manfully apologize for his lapse. 

Appeals. — The President may give a decision that 
some member feels doubtful about. As an appeal 
seems to reflect upon the one presiding, it is rarely 
used. Honest differences of judgment may arise, how- 
ever, and a member may arise and say: " Mr. Presi- 
dent, I 'appeal from the decision of the Chair.' ' All 
business stops for a moment. The President says: 
" Shall the decision of the 'Chair stand as the decision 
of the Chapter?" If the matter does not relate to 
violations of the rules of debate or indecorum or 
priority of business, it can be debated briefly ; other- 
wise, not. Then a vote is taken on the question in the 
usual manner, 

Committee of the Whole.— Sometimes a matter 
that would regularly be referred to a committee should 



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rather be considered by the entire membership. A 
motion is then made " that the Chapter do now resolve 
itself into a committee of the whole to consider — (stat- 
ing what it is"). If carried, the President then de- 
clares the meeting a committee of the whole and vacates 
the chair. The chairman of the committee having been 
previously selected, takes the chair. A secretary is 
selected and consideration of the business is had. 
When the business is finished a motion " that the com- 
mittee do now rise,' is made. If carried, the chair- 
man goes back to his former place and the President 
again takes the chair. The committee of the whole 
now reports through its chairman. The matter may be 
referred to it again, but if not, the committee having ac- 
complished its work, is dissolved. 

Standing Committees.— These are the ones pro- 
vided for in your Constitution or by motion and are 
permanent during a term of service and expire with 
that term. They may report progress at any meeting. 

Special Committees.-— These are appointed for spe- 
cial work, make their reports when prepared and are 
discharged when the duty is performed and their re- 
port is received by the Chapter. 

Reports. — To receive a report is to receive it from a 
committee as presented, but does not bind the Chapter to 
its recommendations. 

To accept a report endorses its recommendations and 
is equivalent to adoption. 

Adjournments—Where a prescribed order or pro- 
gram is mandatory a motion to adjourn is not in order 
and the meeting must close in due form. By a motion 
to " proceed to close," this may be hastened. Other- 
wise a motion to adjourn is in order and the meeting 
closes to convene again at the next stated or prescribed 
time. - 



THE TEN DOCTRINES OF GRACE. 



37 



The Ten Doctrines of Grace, 

AS HKU) BY THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



( Condensed and set forth by Bishop Vincent.) 

1. I believe that all men are sinners. 

2. I believe that God the Father loves all men, and 
hates all sin. 

3. I believe that Jesus Christ died for all men, to 
make possible their salvation from sin, and to make 
sure the salvation of all who believe in him. 

4. I believe that the Holy Spirit is given to all men, 
to enlighten and to incline them to repent of their sins 
and to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

5. I believe that all who repent of their sins and be- 
lieve in the Lord Jesus Christ receive the forgiveness of 
sin. (This is Justification.) ^ 

6. I believe that all who receive the forgiveness of 
sin are at the same time made new creatures in Christ 
Jesus. (This is Regeneration.) 

7. I believe that all who are made new creatures in 
Christ Jesus are accepted as the children of God. (This 
is Adoption.) 

8. I believe that all who are accepted as the children 
of God may receive the inward assurance of the Holy 
Spirit to that fact. (This is the Witness of the Spirit.) 

9. I believe that all who truly desire and seek it may 
love God with all their heart and soul, mind and 
strength, and their neighbors as themselves. (This is 
Entire Sanctification.) 

10. I believe that all who persevere to the end, and 
only those, shall be saved in heaven forever. (This is 
the true Final Perseverance.) 



YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. 



[Part VII, Chapter II, of the Methodist Discipline, 1896 Edition 
Methodist Episcopal Church.] 

I. The Epworth League. ' 

If 339. For the purpose of promoting intelligent and 
vital piety among the young people of our Churches 
and congregations, and of training them in works of 
mercy and help, there shall be an organization under 
the authority of the General Conference of the Method- 
ist Episcopal Church and governed by the following 
Constitution : 

CONSTITUTION. 

Article i. Name. — The title of this organization 
shall be " The Epworth league of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church." 

Article 2. Object — The object of the League is to 
promote intelligent and vital piety in the young mem- 
bers and friends of the Church, to aid them in the at- 
tainment of purity of heart and constant growth in 
grace, and to train them in works of mercy and help. 

Article 3. Organization. — With a view to carry oul 
the objects of the League the Chapters and such other 
Young People's Societies as may be approved by the 
Quarterly Conferences shall be organized into Presiding 
Elders' District Leagues, and may also be formed into 
General Conference District Leagues. Other group- 
ings may be arranged for the advantage of the work, 
such as Annual Conference Leagues, State Leagues, 
City Leagues, etc. The Chapter shall be under the 
control of the Quarterly Conference and Pastor. Any 



YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. 



39 



Young People's Society may become an affiliated Chap- 
ter of the Epworth League ; provided, it adopt the aims 
of the League, that its President and officers and gen- 
eral plans of work be approved by the Pastor and Offi- 
cial Board or Quarterly Conference, and that it be en- 
rolled at the Central Office.* 

Article 4. Government. — The management of the 
League shall be vested in the Board of Control, to con- 
sist (1) of fifteen members appointed by the Bishops, 
one of whom shall be a Bishop, who shall be President 
of the Epworth League and of the Board of Control ; 
(2) and of one member from each General Conference 
District to be chosen at the General Conference, by the 
delegates of the Annual and Electoral Conferences com- 
prised in the several General Conference Districts re- 
spectively. This Board of Control shall meet twice in 
each quadrennium. Special meetings shall be called 
by the President upon the written request of ten mem- 
bers of the Board. When the Board of Control holds 
its first meeting in the quadrennium, should any General 
Conference District be without representation by failure 
to elect, the Board may elect some one from the District 
to represent it. 

Article 5. Officers. — The officers of the League 
shall be a President, four Vice-Presidents — two of whom 
at least shall be laymen — a General Secretary, a Secre- 
tary for work among our colored people, a General 
Junior Superintendent, and a Treasurer, who shall con- 
stitute the General League Cabinet, of which the Editor 
of the Epworth Herald and the German Assistant 
Secretary shall be members ex officio. The President 
shall be chosen as hereinbefore provided. The Vice- 
Presidents shall be chosen by the Board of Control from 

*It is not hereby intended to disturb the present status of other 
Young People's Societies now organized in the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church which are under control of the Pastor and Quarterly 
Conference. 



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their own members. The General Secretary shall be 
elected by the General Conference, the Secretary for 
work among our colored people, and the General Junior 
Superintendent by the Board of Control. The General 
Secretary shall be the executive officer of the League. 
He shall have charge of all correspondence, and shall 
keep the records of the League. He shall also be Editor 
of Epworth League publications other than the Ep- 
worth Herald. The Treasurer shall be elected by the 
Board of Control. The Editor of the Epworth Herald 
shall be elected by the General Conference. All these 
officers shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold 
office until their successors are chosen. The duties of 
the General Secretary, the Secretary for work among 
our colored people, and the Editor of the Epworth 
Herald shall be performed under the direction of the 
Board of Control; and the Cabinet shall act for the 
Board of Control ad interim. The Vice-Presidents, the 
General Secretary, the Secretary for work among our 
colored people, the General Junior League Superin- 
tendent and the Treasurer may be removed at any time 
for cause by a two-thirds vote of the members of the 
Board of Control. Vacancies in any of the above- 
named positions, except the Presidency and the Editor- 
ship of the Herald, shall be filled by the Cabinet, sub- 
ject to the approval of the Board of Control. 

Article 6. German Assistant Secretary. — The Ed- 
itor of the Haus und Herd is constituted the German 
Assistant Secretary of the Epworth League, and there- 
by a member of the General League Cabinet. 

Article 7. Finances. — The salaries of the Editor of 
the Epworth Herald and of the General Secretary and 
of the Secretary among our colored people shall be fixed 
by the Book Committee. All other expenses of the 
Board of Control shall be met through means which it 
shall devise. No collection shall be taken by the Ep- 



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91 



worth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church except 
for League purposes. 

Article 8. Central Office. — The Central Office of 
the Epworth League shall be in Chicago, 111. 

Article 9. Local Constitution. — The Constitution 
for Local Chapters shall be in charge of the Board of 
Control ; provided^ however, that no enactment shall be 
made which shall in any manner conflict with this Gen- 
eral Constitution. 

Article 10. By-Laws. — The Board of Control shall 
have power to enact such By-Laws for its own govern- 
ment as will not conflict with this Constitution. 

Article ii. Amendments. — This Constitution shall be 
altered or amended only by the General Conference. 

II. Duties of Presiding Elders and Pastors. 

IT 340. It shall be the duty of the Presiding Elders 
when holding District or Quarterly Conferences to inquire 
into the condition of Epworth League Chapters and such 
other Young People's Societies as may be under the con- 
trol of the Quarterly and District Conferences, and to 
ascertain whether they are conducting their affairs in 
harmony with the purpose and Discipline of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 

TT 341. It shall be the duty of Pastors to organize, if 
possible, and to maintain, if practicable, Chapters of the 
Epworth League. 

III. Duties of the President of a Chapter. 

T 342. The President of an Epworth League Chapter 
must be a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
shall be elected by the Chapter and confirmed by the 
Quarterly Conference, of which body he shall then become 
a member, if approved by it for membership therein. It 
shall be his duty to present to the Quarterly Conference a 
report of his Chapter, together with such other information 
as the Conference may require and he may be able to give. 



CONSTITUTION 

FOR 

LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. 



As revised by the Board of Control, at Chicago, 1900. 



Article I. Name. — This organization shall be 

known as the Epworth League of the Methodist 

Episcopal Church of , and shall be subordinate to 

the Quarterly Conference of said Church, and be a 
Chapter of the Epworth League of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 

Article II. Object. — The object of the League is to 
promote intelligent and vital piety in the young mem- 
bers and friends of the Church ; to aid them in the at- 
tainment of purity of heart and in constant growth in 
grace, and to train them in works of mercy and help. 

Article III. Membership. — 1. Members shall be 
constituted by election of the Chapter, on nomination 
of the Cabinet. 2. The pastor shall be ex officio a 
member of the Chapter and the Cabinet* 

Article IV. Departments. — The work of the League 
shall be carried out through seven departments, as 
follows: 1. Department of Spiritual Work. 2. De- 
partment of Mercy and Help. 3. Department of Liter- 



*Whenever a Chapter so decides, there shall be two classes of 
members, active and associate. Active members shall, in addition 
to election, as provided in section 1, subscribe to the following 
pledge: 

I will earnestly seek for myself, and do what I can to help 
others attain, the highest New Testament standard of experience 
and life. I will abstain from all those forms of worldly amuse- 
ment forbidden by the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and 1 will attend, so far as possible, the religious meet- 
ings of the Chapter and the Church, and take some active part 
in them. 

In such cases, active members only shall be eligible to election 
as officers of the Chapter. Associate members shall be entitled 
to all other privileges of membership, excepting the right to 
vote in the election of officers or to hold office. 



CONSTITUTION. 



93 



ary Work. 4. Department of Social Work. 5. Depart- 
ment of Correspondence. 6. Department of Church 
Benevolences and Finance, 7. Department of Junior 
League Work. 

The distribution of work under each department shall 
be as follows : 

I. Department of Spiritual Work, — This depart- 
ment shall arrange for the regular prayer-meetings of 
the Chapter. It may also plan special revival meetings, 
and neighborhood out-door and cottage services, and 
the like. It shall look after the spiritual welfare of the 
members of the Chapter, inviting those who are inter- 
ested to join the classes of the Church. It may conduct 
devotional meetings for special classes of persons, as 
sailors, railroad men, etc., and may also conduct prayer- 
meetings for children when there is no Chapter of the 
Junior League. It shall help the superintendent in 
bulding up and strengthening the Sunday-school. It 
shall also endeavor to interest the young people in the 
missionary enterprises of the Church. To this end it 
shall appoint a Missionary Committee for the Chapter. 
To it shall be committed all the evangelistic and de- 
votional activities of the Chapter. Where the work of 
the League is so divided that the different departments 
interweave their efforts, the Department of Spiritual 
Work shall arrange for the devotional services in so- 
ciables, lectures, and all such meetings. 

II. Department of Mercy and Help. — This depart- 
ment shall arrange for the systematic visitation of the 
members of the Chapter, the sick of the neighborhood, 
the aged, and new-comers to the community. It shall 
interest the League in the charities of the place, and 
plan to give aid when needed. It shall have charge of 
temperance work, social purity work, tract distribution, 
Christian citizenship, and the like. All kinds of char- 
itable work, when undertaken by the Chapter — such as 
visiting hospitals, nursing, distributing flowers, start- 
ing industrial schools, running employment bureaus, 
coffee-houses, day nurseries, etc. — shall be under its 
care. 

III. Department of Literary Work. — It shall be 



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the aim of this department to encourage the study of 
the Scriptures; to instruct the membership of the 
Chapter in the doctrines, polity, history, and present 
activities of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the 
other denominations of the Church universal; and to 
give stimulus and direction to general Christian culture. 
It shall have charge of all courses of reading and study 
pursued by the Chapter. It may open, wherever prac- 
ticable, libraries, reading-rooms, art-rooms, night- 
schools, and the like. It shall arrange for lectures and 
literary gatherings, when members of the Chapter and 
others shall present essays, papers, talks, debates, etc. 
It shall endeavor to extend the circulation of the books 
and papers of the Church, and do what it can to quicken 
the intellectual life of its members and the community. 

IV. Department of Social Work. — This department 
shall be on the outlook for new members, and be ready 
to receive them and introduce them at all meetings of 
the Chapter. It shall have charge of the social part of 
all gatherings. The music of the Chapter (except that 
of devotional meetings) and its entertainments, other 
than the literary programs, shall be under its care. It 
may provide flowers for the pulpit, ushers when needed, 
and attend to procuring badges, emblems, banners, 
decorations, etc., and be the custodian of all such effects 
belonging to the Chapter. Picnics, excursions, and the 
like, shall be under its care. 

V. Department of Correspondence. — This depart- 
ment shall keep a complete record of the membership, 
of all the meetings, and of all courses of reading and 
study pursued by the Chapter. It is desirable that it 
send reports of its meetings to local papers ; also, that 
it keep copies of all programs, newspaper and other 
notices of its affairs, and all memorabilia relating 
to its doings. It vcioy carry on correspondence with 
absent members and other Chapters, and read the re- 
plies at the meetings of the Chapter, as the Chapter 
may order. It shall conduct all correspondence with 
the central and district offices, and be the custodian of 
all the records of the Chapter. By it members in good 
standing shall be recommended to other Chapters. 

VI. Depart7nent of Church Benevolences and Fi- 
nance. ^-This department shall provide instruction on 



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95 



the subject of systematic giving, and on the aims and 
work of our general benevolent societies. It shall pre- 
sent to the Chapter plans for meeting the financial 
needs of the Chapter. It shall collect all dues and re- 
ceive all moneys, disbursing the same as the Chapter 
may direct. It shall forward to the General Treasurer 
of the Ep worth League, in Chicago, 111., during the 
month of May in each year, the sum of one dollar as 
Chapter dues, to meet the expenses of the general 
organization. 

VII. Department of Junior Work.— -This depart- 
ment shall have charge of all work in the Junior 
Leagues. For specific directions as to phases and 
methods of work, see the "Model Constitution for 
Junior Leagues." 

Article V. Officers. — i. The officers shall be a 
President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
Third Vice-President, Fourth Vice-President, Secre- 
tary, Treasurer, and Junior League Superintendent. 

2. The President, who shall be a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, shall be elected by ballot 
on a majority vote. The other officers, who shall be 
members of the Methodist Episcopal or some other 
evangelical Church,* shall be elected in the same man- 
ner, except the Junior League Superintendent, who 
shall be appointed by the pastor. 

3. After approval of the President by the Quarterly 
Conference, the names of the officers, with their ad- 
dresses, shall be promptly forwarded to the central 
office of the Epworth League. 

4. The officers shall perform the duties usually as- 
signed to such officers. They shall also, in the order 
named, beginning with the First Vice-President, repre- 
sent and have charge of the Departments of Spiritual 
Work, Mercy and Help, Literary Work, Social Work, 

* In all those cases where the Chapter is divided into active and 
associate members, this clause should read, "who shall be active 
members. V 



96 HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEL GO. 

Correspondence, Church Benevolences and Finance, 
and Junior League Work. They shall, together with 
the President and Pastor, constitute the Cabinet of the 
Chapter, aiding the President as he may request. 

5. For the purpose of enlisting all in the work and 
rendering it more effective, the Cabinet shall assign 
each member to at least one department of work. Each 
Cabinet officer shall name to the Chapter a committee 
of from three to five members, for the management of 
his department, the officer being ex officio chairman. 
If for any cause all the offices of a Chapter shall be 
vacated, a special meeting may be called by the pastor 
to fill vacancies. 

6. It shall be the duty of the Cabinet to organize a 
Junior League, under the control of a Superintendent, 
to be appointed by the pastor. 

Article VI. Meetings.— The Chapter shall hold a 

devotional meeting on evening of each week, to 

be led by one of the members of the Chapter, under 
the direction of the Committee on Spiritual Work. 
Other meetings shall be held as the Cabinet may ar- 
range for them. 

Article VII. In cases of immorality, unchristian con- 
duct, or neglect of duty, the Chapter, at any regularly 
called meeting, may, by a majority vote of the members 
present and voting, exclude the offender upon the rec- 
ommendation of two-thirds of the Cabinet, the accused 
having the right to be heard before the Cabinet. 

Article VIII. By-Laws and Amendments.— TheChap- 
ter may adopt such By-Laws, consistent with the Consti- 
tution, as may be needed. Amendments to said By- 
Laws must be submitted in writing to tne Cabinet, 
and, when approved by it, may be adopted by a two- 
thirds vote of those present at any regular meeting; 
provided, however, the pledge be kept inviolate. 



BY-LAWS. 



Article i. The Chapter shall hold a devotional meet* 

ing weekly on evening, to be led by the members, 

under the direction of the Committee on Spiritual Wcrk e 

Art. 2. The Chapter shall hold a business meeting 

on the evening of each month. [Insert in the 

blank " First Monday" " Second Monday" or whatever 
evening may be chosen. 1 

Art. 3. At each business meeting all the depart- 
ments shall present reports of their work through their 
respective chairmen. 

Art. 4. The following shall be the Order of Exer- 
cises at the business meeting : (a) Devotional service, 
to consist of singing, the reading of Scripture, and 
prayer by a member, or the L,ord's Prayer by all in con- 
cert, (b) Minutes of the last meeting and their ap- 
proval, (c) Reports from the departments of T~ork. 
(d) Reports from special committees, (e) Unfit ^shed 
business. {/) Propositions for membership, (g) New 
business, (/z) Adjournment 

Art. 5. At any business meeting — — — members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 

Art. 6. The annual meeting for the election of offi- 
cers shall be held on the evening, in the month 

of January. 

Art. 7. At the annual meeting each officer shall 
present a written report of the work in the department 
under his charge during the year, 

Art. 8, After the election of officers the secretary of 
the meeting at which the election was held shall report 



98 HOW MAKE THE WHEEI, GO. 



in writing to the Official Board or Quarterly Conference 
of the Church the names of the officers-elect for their 
approval ; and, as soon as practicable, shall communi- 
cate the action of the Official Board upon them to the 
Chapter. The President shall attend as a member each 
session of the Quarterly Conference. 

Art. 9. This Chapter will take an annual collection 
during the month of May, and transmit it to the General 
League Treasurer, Chicago, 111. 
cago, 111. 

Art. 10. Amendments to these By-Laws must be 
submitted in writing to the Cabinet, and when recom- 
mended by the Cabinet may be adopted by a two-thirds 
vote of those present at any regular meeting. 

Art. 11. Any of these By-I/aws, except Article 5. 
may be suspended at any meeting, for that meeting 
only, by a two-thirds vote of those who are present. 

Art. 12. The following is the form for the report of 
the Local League to the Quarterly Conference : 

Report of Epworth League, Chapter , M. E. Church, — — 

Charge, District, Conference. For Quarter. 

Number of active members Increase or decrease — 

Number of associate members. . . — Number of meetings held — 

Number of honorary members. . . — Religious — 



The following officers have been elected to serve for the period of 
, subject to your approval: 



Third Vice-President, 
Amendmentadopted atthe Board of Control meeting, 1894: 
Art. 13. A regular certificate of membership in good 
standing in any church shall carry with it a transfer of League 
membership; provided, however, that if there be no Chapter 
in the charge to which the member is transferred, he may 
retain his membership in the Chapter to which he belongs. 



Total 

Number at last report, 



Social or Literary. 
Business 



President, 

First Vice-President, 
Second Vice-President, 



Fourth Vice-President, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 



SUGGESTED SERVICES. 



RECEPTION OF NEW HEHBERS. 



The names of the members elect are read by the Secretary asd 
they take their places before the President's desk. 

Secretary — Mr. President, the persons before you 
present themselves for admission into the League. 
Such action as our Constitution requires has been taken 
and I now commend them to you for formal reception. 

President — Friends, I greet you at the threshold 
and welcome you to the home and fellowship of this 
Chapter. You will find here not only warm hearts to 
welcome you, but you will find willing hands to aid you 
loyal friends to stand by you and help you, and true 
Christian lives to ennoble your own. Hear, I pray you, 
the purpose of our organization. 

LEAGUE (rising) — " The object of the Kpworth League 
is to promote intelligent and vital piety in the young 
members and friends of the Church, to aid them in the 
attainment of purity of heart and in constant growth in 
grace, and to train them in works of mercy and help." 

President — Will you willingly join us in this en- 
deavor mutually to aid each other in the upbuilding of 
Christian character? 

Response—" We will." 

Members elect then step to the Secretary's desk, sign the Consti- 
tution, receive a copy of the Constitution and Bylaws and return 
to position. 

The Fourth Vice-President and associates advance and put the 
league badge on each member. 

President — We approve your answer and receive 
you into our League. You are not only members of 




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this Chapter, but you have been admitted into a greater 
league,— a band of a million young people,, Go with 
us and we will do you good. 

Bear in mind, also, that you in turn have a duty to 
perform. In the name of the league we ask your pres- 
ence at our meetings whenever possible ; we ask prompt 
and willing obedience when duty calls ; we hope that 
your walk and conversation will be so commendable 
that reproach shall not come upon us, that you may be 
good citizens, and that you may attain to the highest 
round of worthy living. We welcome you as members 
of Chapter No. of the Bp worth League. 

All rise and sing "Blest be the tie that binds," or 
repeat in concert " The Lord watch between me and 
thee when we are absent one from another." 

League and Officers— " The Lord bless thee and 
keep thee." "The Lord make his face shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee." " The Lord lift up 
his countenance upon thee and give thee peace." 

All return to their seats and the regular order follows. 



JUNIOR GRADUATION SERVICE. 



After a programme consisting of devotional exercises, essays, 
songs, recitations, etc., by members of the graduating class, the 
following service may be used : 

Junior Superintendent— My dear young friends, 
this service marks another epoch in your lives. You 
came to the Junior League but children ; you leave it 
young men and women. Through these years you have 
attended its meetings, you have performed the work 
assigned to you. Having been faithful in these things, 
we cheerfully recommend you to the Senior League 
for yet greater opportunities and higher activities. 
However, before we present you for formal reception, 
let me ask you to exemplify publicly the work we have 
lone. 

A series of questions maybe rsked that will show clearly the 
work done in the Junior League. This part should close by their 
repeating the Apostles' Creed and the Ten Doctrines of Grace. 
See pages 85, 86. 

Mr. President and officers, we commend to your lov- 
ing, thoughtful watch-care these young lives. We shall 
miss them but we trust that in this larger field in which 
Iheir years and their attainments now place them, they 
may do even greater service, ever looking up to Jesus, 
ever lifting up others whose eternal good they seek. 

Junior Supt. and Graduates — " The Lord watch 
between me and thee when we are absent one from 
another." 

President— 

From this point on use the service for reception of members, 
beginning at " My young friends, I greet you," varying it to ex- 
change the junior badges for senior badges, and omitting "The 
Lord watch between me and thee when we: are absent one from 
another." 



INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. 



When according to the programme the installation U in order, 
the Pastor, the Secretary of the Quarterly Conference or Official 
Board, and the retiring officers shall take their places in front of 
or within the altar. 

President— As retiring officers, it is our duty to 
render to the League an account of our stewardship. 
The reports of the several departments will now be 
presented. (He calls upon each officer one after the 
Other, to give his annual report). 

President — Brother Secretary, will you read the 
names of the persons chosen by the League as their 
officers for the ensuing year ? (The Secretary reads the 
list). 

President — Have these names been presented to the 
Quarterly Conference or Official Board for approval ? 

League Secretary— They have. 

Quarterly Conference Secretary— Esteemed 
Pastor, I am instructed by the Quarterly Conference to 
report to you that the names just read were duly pre- 
sented to that body and their election has been ap- 
proved. They have been regularly elected and are the 

duly qualified officers of Kpworth League, Chapter 

No for the year to 

We trust and pray that they may " quit themselves like 
men" and that under their ministration the League 
may prosper and the borders of our Zion be enlarged. 
I present them to you (the officers elect come forward) 
for such advice as you may wish to give them, and for 
formal induction into office. 

Pastor— Short address. 



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Concluding , he asks: What is the object of the 
League ? 

Officers Elect — To promote intelligent and vital 
piety in the young members and friends of the church ; 
to aid them in the attainment of purity of heart and in 
constant growth in grace, and to train them in works 
of mercy and help. 

Pastor — With what commission do you enter upon 
your respective duties ? 

1ST Vice-President — And he said unto them, Go 
ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every 
living creature (Mark xvi : 15) ; teaching them to ob- 
serve all things whatsoever I have commanded you. 
(Matt, xxiii : 20). 

* 2ND V. P.— And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind 
and with all thy strength; and thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. There is none other command- 
ment greater than these. (Mark 12 : 31-32). 

3RD V. P. — How much better is it to get wisdom than 
gold; and to get understanding rather to be chosen 
than silver. (Proverbs 16: 16). 

4TH V. P. — In all things show thyself a pattern of 
good works. Be a lover of hospitality, a lover of good 
men, sober, just, holy, temperate. (James 1 and 2). 

Secretary — Be not slothful in business. (Romans 
12:11). He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack 
hand. But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 
x:4). 

Treasurer— Render unto Caesar the things which 
are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's. 
(Luke xx : 25). 

Junior Superintendent— Train up a child in the 
way he should go ; and when he is old he will not de- 
part from it. (Proverbs xxii : 6). 



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President— He that in these things serveth Christ 
is acceptable to God and approved of man. (Romans 
xiv: 18). 

Pastor — We have heard your responses and cheer- 
fully and trustingly commit these various duties to 
your hands. 

And now we beseech you, brethren, to know them 
which labor among you and are over you in the Lord, 
and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in 
love for their work's sake. Be at peace among your- 
selves. 

Warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble- 
minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 

Ever follow that which is good, both among your- 
selves and to all men. 

Pray without ceasing. 

In everything give thanks. 

Quench not the Spirit 

Prove all things. Hold fast that which is good. 

Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and 
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
with you. Amen. (11 Thess. v). 



FORMb, 



i. Application Card, 



EPWORTH LEAGUE), 

Chapter No 

Methodist Church. 



I respectfully submit my name for membership in this 
League, and ask your favorable consideration at your next 
regular meeting. 

Name , 

Address , 

Please sign and return to some member of the League. 
Recommended by (over.) 



Reverse Side. 

The regular monthly meeting of this Chapter is 
held on the first Tuesday evening of each month. 

League Sociable— The third week of each month. 
Dues— Five cents a month. 

Church Service. 
Sunday School at 8:30 a. m. standard time. 

Preaching Service, 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. 

League Devotional Meeting, Sunday, 6:30 p. m. 
Prayer Meeting, Friday evenings. 



You are respectfully invited to attend. 
(over.) 



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2. Assignment to Departments. 



ASSIGNMENT TO DUTY. 



"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be 
strong. Iyet all your things be done with love." 



EPWORTH XvEAGim, 

Chapter No 



Name 

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DEPARTMENT OF MERCY AND HELP, 



Mi3S Mary Smith, 4th Vice-Prest., 
No. 673 Russell Ave. 



Presented by 



Representing- 

EPWORTH X/EAGUB. 



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Reverse Side. 



You are cordially invited to attend the various 
\ services of the 

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Sunday School at 8:30 a. m. standard time. 

Regular Service, 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. 

league Devotional Meeting, 6:30 p. m. Sundays. 

Prayer Meeting, Friday nights. 
Monthly league Meeting, first Tuesday evening of each month. 

Sociable, third week of each month. 

(OVER,) 



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4. Reading Reports. 



EPWORTH I.BAGUE, 

Chapter No 

Report of reading by 

for the month of. 189 

Books read : Pages read : 



Current Literature: 



Questions. 



Remarks, 



*®"This report is to be filled out and returned to the Third 
Vice-President not later than the Sunday preceding the regular 
monthly literary meeting. 

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7. Reports. — These are so varied in character that 
forms would burden this manual. Their character is 
determined by the officer reporting, the officer or body 
reported to, and the purpose of the report. 

8. Topic Cards, Constitutions, By-Laws, League 
Leaflets ; all League literature can be procured of Eaton 
& Mains, New York, or Jennings & Pye, Cincinnati. 



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THE FIRST EPWORTH LEAGUE. 



Place — Ep worth Rectory. 
President — Susannah Wesley. 

She was " devout, thoughtful, amiable, beautiful, 
thoroughly educated, acquainted with the Greek, Latin 
and French languages. She showed a discriminative 
judgment of books and men, and without any unique 
trait of genius, presents, perhaps, one of the completest 
characters, moral and intellectual, to be found in the 
history of her sex." — Stevens' History of Methodism, 
Vol. L 

DEPARTMENTS. 

Department of Spiritual Work, 

In addition to the regular devotional exercises of the 
home, " Susannah Wesley herself conversed each 
evening with one of her children on religious subjects, 
and on some evenings with two, so as to comprehend 
the whole circle every week." — Stevens. Vol. I. 

" It has been suggested that the serious weekly con- 
versations which Mrs. Wesley used to hold with each of 
her children individually may have been present to John 
Wesley's mind when he established the class-meeting." 
— Overton's John Wesley. 

Department of Mercy and Help. 

" Wesley's call came to the neglected masses." 

u The poor, the needy, the ignorant, the unconverted 
came to the Ep worth Rectory for help and instruction 
and direction." 



224 HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEX, GO. 

Mercy and help work was an early work of Method- 
ism. " Visiting the sick and prisoners, reading to poor 
families had become a custom of the Methodist band, — 
one hour every day being spent in such acts of useful* 
ness,' Stevens. Vol. L 

Department of Literary Work. 

" The educational system at the Rectory has been the 
admiration of all who have written respecting the 
Wesley family.' ' See Stevens' Methodism, Vol. I, pages 
54 and 55. 

Department of Social Work. 

" The family school was opened and closed with 
singing." 

" Charles Wesley sang Methodism into the hearts of 
the people." 

"Though method prevailed in this home, it was 
relaxed at suitable intervals in which the nursery be- 
came an arena of hilarious recreation, of high glee and 
frolic." 

She writes, " I take him to have been an honest, weak 
man who had more zeal than knowledge, by his con- 
demning all mirth or pleasure as sinful or useless, in 
opposition to so many direct and plain texts of Script- 
ure." — Stevens. 

Susannah Wesley often joined with her children in 
their plays and always guarded and directed them. 

Department of Correspondence. 

John Wesley expresses admiration at the serenity 
with which his mother transacted business, wrote 
letters, and conversed, surrounded by her thirteen 
children. 

Method was found in every act in that home. No 
wonder the sons were Method— -ists. 



THE FIRST KPWORTH I^AGUE. Itj 

" An abundant family correspondence remains, and 
through it all the familiar home 'nick-names' play 
fondly." 

Department of Finance. 

u The Wesleys were always poor, sometimes even to 
the verge of starvation." 

" The economy by which so large a family was so well 
sustained and educated is one of the most remarkable 
facts in its history." 

We cannot doubt that this worthy mother taught her 
sons and daughters lessons of benevolence even though 
their means were small. The story of the widow's mite 
would be told them o'er and o'er again. 



" Thus did this truly English and Christian household 
pursue its course of successful self-culture. For more 
than forty years it rendered Epworth Rectory a sanctuary 
of domestic and Christian virtues. Ten of the children 
attained adult years. All of these became devoted 
Christians, and every one of them * died in the I/ord'." 
Stevens. Vol. I, page 58. 

" Train up a child in the way he should go x and when 
he is old he will not depart from it." 



ENTERTAINMENTS IN OUTLINE. 



League entertainments should contribute something 
of value to the literary and social life of the Chapter. 
It is a great mistake to waste time and effort on pro- 
grams that please but for the moment and leave no last- 
ing benefit. It is the writer's conviction that young 
people are not so anxious for "mere amusement' ' as some 
imagine, and that they really prefer programs that have 
genuine merit. They want something " good," not 
something silly or valueless. Keep your standard for 
entertainments high. 

If you depend upon the novel and the unique, some- 
thing elaborate every meeting, you will soon get into 
trouble. If you cultivate a taste for these things each 
one must be more elaborate than the preceding one, or 
the influence will be lost and the interest lag. Come to 
depend rather on something good in each program-— an 
old idea dressed up in a new garb, some good thought, 
some impressive lesson, some historical fact, something 
of value that you want to leave with all who hear. 

As a rule, work out your own entertainment programs. 
If you prepare them yourselves you will enter into 
them more heartily and prize them all the more highly. 
You have brains. You are not dependent upon some 
one else. You will surprise yourself and your friends 
with the excellent program you can work out. Try it. 

When you have decided upon the general idea of the 
program, work it out thoroughly. Assign those who 
take part, in ample time. Be sure to personally explain 
to them what you want them to do, so that they may be 
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essay, address, recitation, song, etc., must be ready 
" on time," so there may be no breaks in the program. 
See that every one understands his work and is on hand 
to attend to it. Have the proper committee work up a 
good attendance. There is inspiration in numbers, you 
know. 

* * * . * 

In the pages following I have not attempted to work 
out the detail of each program. This I leave for you to 
do for your own good and for the purpose of adapting 
them to your own local needs, advantages and condi- 
tions. They are " entertainments in outline." I shall be 
pleased to receive at my address— -B. E. Helman, No. 
1 1 70 Willson avenue, Cleveland, O. — programs you have 
built up from these suggestions and any others that have 
proved very successful in your Chapter. 

* * * # 

Have plenty of good music. Keep everything mov- 
ing promptly. Do not let the program be too long nor 
at all prosy, but bright, crisp, interesting. Select a good 
title for the evening's program. 

* * » * 

Some Leagues can make out of these outlines very 
elaborate entertainments; others can follow them as 
they are, and still others can simplify them. Whether 
simple or elaborate, they can be made very interesting 
and helpful. 

An Evening of Travel. 

This maybe given under such titles as: "AToti 
Abroad," " Personally Conducted," " A Trip to Bonnie 
Scotland," 'From Dundee to Dunloe," " Ship Ahoy!" 
etc., varying the program a little to suit the theme. I 
will suggest three general plans. 



Il8 HOW TO MAKE THE WHEEL GO. 

1. Invite a half-dozen persons who have been abroad 
to use eight or ten minutes each in describing some place 
or country, or narrating some incident in their experi- 
ence. Essays or better, brief talks on such a round as 
this might answer: (i) " From New York to Queens- 
town,' ' (2) " Through the British Isles," (3) " A Day on 
the Rhine," (4) " The Swiss and Switzerland/' (5) " In 
Gay Paris," (6) " Homeward Bound." It will be easy 
to find appropriate music. With good music and inter- 
esting talks a profitable evening may be spent. 

2. A substitute for the above may be found in select- 
ing persons 1 ' to study up ' ' the cities or countries and 
speak or write about them. Of course, it lacks the 
animation that comes from a talk by one who has seen 
the places he describes but it may be made very inter- 
esting. 

3. Give general notice that at 7 P. M. all are to gather 
at the church to start on a tour of certain cities, and ask 
them to " post up " on these cities. 

At the hour stated the first party starts from the 
church under charge of a " Conductor'' and proceeds to 
the home of Miss , on street, which repre- 
sents, "London." Here certain ones who are sup- 
posed to be London people are ready to meet the touring 
party. All the talk is about London, its people, sights, 
etc. After a reasonable time the party leaves for the 

home of Mr. , on street, which is designated 

as " Paris." Here the same plan is followed. 

Then on to a third and a fourth, if desired. 

Other small parties in the meantime have started from 
the church, visting the same places but varying the 
order. Thus parties meet and a good deal of fun will 
be gotten out of experiences. In each center the idea 
of a visited city must be kept up all the time. A most 
delightful evening will be enjoyed by all. 



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There may be many modifications of these plans. 
Aim to make all as natural and as much " like being 
there ' ' as possible. These entertainments lead to read- 
ing books of travel, searching histories and encyclope- 
dias, and stimulate one's conversational powers. 

My Vacation on a Wheel. 

Have those who took vacation trips on their wheels 
relate their experiences in talks or papers. 

Select music in harmony, — scraps of nature, out-of- 
door life, etc. 

Many who could not get up an essay on a literary 
theme can tell most entertainingly where they went and 
what they saw on an actual trip. 

Kodak Fiends. 

Let all who have kodaks hand their pictures to a 
" hanging committee" who are to place the pictures on 
the walls for a picture exhibition. A most interesting 
collection will be gathered together. An entire evening 
will be all too short. The entire company will be talk- 
ing, looking, comparing, inquiring. Can use this for a 
part in a social. You can vote as to the best picture, or 
have a comparison by an expert committee, or a 
lecture on photography by an expert. 

"When We Were Young." 

Gather together as many baby pictures of persons 
now grown as possible. Have a committee carefully 
place these on the walls, numbering them. Let all who 
come make out lists naming the persons pictured, and 
later have some one read a correct list. Can use this 
during a social. A very pretty evening's program of 
song and story can be built up about these pictures and 
take all back to the days of their childhood with pleasure 
and profit. 



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" Eyes Have They, But They See Not." 

Have a committee cut out of papers and magazines a 
large number of pictures used in advertisements and put 
these, numbered, on a screen or on the wall. When the 
members are admitted to see them they are to make out 
lists naming the advertisers or, better, what advertise- 
ment the picture is used with. This tests our powers of 
observation. Quite a bit of time can be used with this, 
or it can be made a feature at a sociable. 

A Sense of Taste Test. 

For an interesting test at a social try the following: 
Securely blindfold some one and place on his tongue 
for him to taste and to name, certain articles — sugar, 
vinegar, honey, horse-radish, etc. You will be very 
much surprised to find how few correct answers will be 
given and how much our eyesight has to do in determin- 
ing the taste of articles. 

Christ's Followers in " Acts." 

Founding and spreading of the Christian Church. 

1. Descent of the Holy Ghost (Pentecost). — Descrip- 
tion. 

2. Peter, — Short sketch as told in " Acts. " 

3. John, — Short sketch as told in " Acts." 

4. Stephen, — Short sketch as told in " Acts." 

5. Saul (Paul), — Short sketch as told in " Acts." 

6. Philip,— Short sketch as told in " Acts. " 
Intersperse with appropriate music: 

4 'Onward, Christian Soldiers," and other Christian 
work songs. 

In the Court of Ceres. 

Which grain has been of the most service to man? 
Ceres, dressed as the goddess, is seated on her throne, 
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lowed by two attendants who take positions one on 
either side of the throne, march music being played. 
The decorations and designs about the room should be 
in harmony with the general plan. 

A herald-in- waiting is told to call the maidens repre- 
senting the Sisterhood of the Fields. 

Young ladies personifying Wheat, Oats, Corn, Rice, 
et al, come into the presence of the Goddess bearing their 
symbols, while some one concealed plays a march on a 
piano (an orchestra would be still better). They come 
before the Goddess and salute her. Here is an oppor- 
tunity for pretty march movements. 

Ceres addresses them and bids them tell what each 
one has done for man. Then they divide and half take 
positions on either side of the throne, leaving an open 
space before the throne. Ceres calls upon one to tell 
her story. She advances somewhat toward the center 
(the others may now be seated) and addresses Ceres, 
telling the story of the grain she represents (five or ten 
minutes, as deemed best). Then she bows and returns 
to her place, all rising and standing as she returns. 

Ceres compliments her and calls upon a second one. 
As the second steps forward, the others may be seated. 
Proceed in this way till all have spoken. Ceres praises 
them all, shows how dependent men are upon them, and 
sends them forth again on their mission to men. 

The music should all be in harmony — Nature songs 
will be excellent. If any of the young ladies can play 
the guitar or mandolin it will add. Still better if part 
or all can sing; music other than by these should be 
concealed. Program should not be delayed or broken In 
upon by new parties. 

At the close, when Ceres again sends them forth, they 
should salute the Goddess and march from the court to 
march music. Then, if there are no curtains, the God- 



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dess, preceded by the herald and followed by the atten- 
dants, passes out, the music continuing till all are out. 

When so elaborate a plan cannot be followed, hold to 
the main idea and omit all decorating and elaborate 
dress or settings. Consult the dictionary, encyclopedias 
and books on mythology. Teachers, physical culture 
directors, and elocutionists can aid you in working out 
the details. On this one idea and plan you can build up 
an entire series ; all may vary and all be interesting and 
instructive. 

"The Contest for the Crown." 

Minerva (Wisdom), Hygeia (Health), Clio (History), 
Euterpe (Poetry and Music), Ceres (Grain), Vesta 
(Home). 

The Scene, a court. 

The Crown which is to be awarded is shown on a stand. 

Three persons who act as judges, robed in black 
gowns, hear the arguments, render the decision and 
award the crown. 

Twelve little girls dressed in white, each bearing some 
symbol, accompany the goddesses. One precedes each 
goddess as she enters and one follows. While the god- 
dess speaks they stand aside ; when she leaves they fol- 
low her out. 

Each contestant tells what she has done for man and 
gives reasons why the wreath should be awarded to her. 

The persons taking the part of the goddesses dress to 
represent them, or bear symbols or names to show their 
dominion. You can find all necessary information in a 
dictionary or book on mythology. They must have 
their speeches setting forth reasons why the crown 
should be theirs well committed, so they may speak 
plainly and effectively, and must study good enunciation 
and dignity in bearing and speech. 



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The Procession of the Arts and Sciences. 

Thought. — Certain persons representing selected 
sciences will seek to prove that they have done more for 
mankind than any other, and so deserve the decision. 

Reward. — A wreath of flowers, ivy or myrtle. 

Judges. — Three persons robed in black gowns who are 
to sit as a court, render decisions and award the wreath. 

Heralds. — Each advocate is to be preceded by a her- 
ald fittingly dressed, bearing some symbol of the science 
to be spoken of, who announces the representative of the 
science, and retires. 

Advocates. — Persons representing Astrology, Geology, 
Physiology, Sociology, etc. As many speakers may be 
chosen as time will permit These programs do not ad- 
mit of much music but marches can be played as they 
enter and leave. 

"The Value of the Trades." 

A good general "debate may be had on the question, 
" Which trade has proved the most helpful to man? " 
Assign different persons to represent the different trades 
and leave the decision to three judges, or to a vote of 
the audience. Or, to make it more elaborate, select 
three persons to act as judges. The first speaker, a Car- 
penter, comes in carrying some tools of the trade and 
speaks for carpentry ; then a Mason, in his dress and 
with some tools, comes and speaks for masonry ; then a 
Printer, an Engineer, etc. The judges give their deci- 
sion. 

"The Importance of the Professions.* ' 

Pursue same plan as outlined above for " Value of the 
Trades." 

Other similar entertainments can be devised along the 
same general lines. Subjects will readily suggest them- 
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"In the Council of the Nations." 

Thought. — The new United States in their interna- 
tional place and relation to the other great nations. 

If possible, have in the room a number of desks and a 
chair at each one. Arrange these in a semi-circle about 
the President's chair in front. When ready to begin, 
representatives of Germany, France, Russia, Austria, 
Italy, Japan, China and any other countries desired, 
come in and take their places. England's chair is 
empty. Some one nominates one of those present to 
preside. He is elected, and is just taking his place when 
the door opens and bustling John Bull comes in, and 
after him Uncle Sam, with his famous umbrella. John 
hustles forward, addresses the chair, and regardless of 
formalities introduces Jonathan to the chairman and all 
present. He directs Uncle to a seat near by and bustles 
off to his own. The newcomer becomes at once the 
observed of all, and on© after another rises and tells of 
the relations past and present of his country and theUnited 
States ; tells how pleased he is to have Jonathan with them, 
etc. After all have spoken, Uncle Sam rises, tells what 
he represents, speaks of the real genius and spirit of our 
government, what he conceives his mission to be, and 
without offense to any one plainly and frankly states 
why he is there, asks their cooperation in bettering the 
condition of men and making a heaven of earth. Here 
is an opportunity for a fine address by your best orator. 
All agree to his proposals and pledge themselves to this 
broad, glorious mission. The session breaks up, all 
joining in singing it My Country 'tis of Thee." 

This can be readily varied to suit local conditions. 
The idea can be used m many ways to make an instruc- 
tive and interesting evening. Music should of course be 
patriotic, and if the members of the council can do all 
the singing or playing so much the better. Members 



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should carefully study up the countries they are to rep- 
resent and represent them intelligently. 

The Appeal of the Nations. 

Thought. — The Macedonian cry of the nations to 
• 4 come over and help us." 

A simple plan would be to have a series of short es- 
says or talks by various persons representing various 
countries presenting to the audience the needs of those 
countries for missionary effort and Christianizing influ- 
ence. 

To make it more elaborate have these representatives 
as in a council or congress present the claims of their 
countries. The plan of " In the Council of the Nations " 
can be followed or some similar plan be devised. The 
idea is to make missions appeal to the audience as 
never before. Study the needs of the various countries, 
and particularly of the one you are to represent, and 
then make an intelligent, soul- stirring, convincing plea. 

Who Shall Have the Boy? 

A little boy has been found upon the street by a 
policeman who brings him into court. The Police Judge 
hears the pleas of different persons for him and renders 
his decision. 

1. Policeman tells the Court how and where he found 
the boy. The boy is directed by the kind-hearted judge 
to a seat by his side. 

2. The Judge then turns to the Court and asks, 
" Who claims this boy?" 

3. Different ones then make their pleas: The State, 
the Saloon, Crime, " Weary Willie" for tramp life, Mr. 
Wealthy, and a widow for a Christian home, with the 
promise of some school and a useful trade, but moderate 
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4. The Judge gives him to the widow and tells why, 
believing that the boy under such conditions will grow 
up a useful man. 

"The Evolution of the Hon. Thomas Worthy Smith. 0 

Hon. Thomas Worthy Smith has been elected to Con- 
gress from — th District, and the neighbors have gath- 
ered at the depot to see him off. After his departure, 
an informal meeting is held to give proper expression to 
the feeling of importance and responsibility that has 
thus suddenly come upon the little town. Deacon 
Smith is chosen chairman. He takes the chair and 
delivers a glowing eulogy upon their congressman and 
the glory that is now theirs. Not more than three to 
five minutes for each one. 

All speakers proclaim the general fact, but there is a 
disposition on the part of each to take the credit of his 
greatness to himself. 

1. The Village School-master, now old, was Tom- 
my's first teacher. He feels he gave the twig its 
" bent.' ' 

2. A Sunday-School Teacher who had Tommy in his 
class. 

3. A Grocer who employed him as errand boy in his 
early teens. 

4. A School Teacher who took him through the vil- 
lage school. 

5. A Farmer who employed him during the summer 
months. 

6. The Village Parson. 

7. The Professor who directed Thomas' education in 
the neighboring academy. 

8. The Deacon closes the meeting by recalling the 
faithful old Mother and her work and influence. He 
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their tl great man " is the result of the combined efforts 
of all of them. Three lusty cheers for their congress- 
man are given and the meeting adjourns. All music 
to be patriotic. As meeting closes, piano or orchestra 
should play some stirring national air while the audience 
disperses. 

Other titles might be used, as: " The Evolution of a 
Man," " The Hon. Thomas Worthy Smith," etc. 

Evenings in Art. 

A delightful series of entertainments under this gen- 
eral heading can be prepared. There is an abundance 
of material. 

Have the pictures that are spoken of hung up, so that 
all can see them. If you cannot procure large pictures, 
good photographs made by the Soule Photograph Co. 
can be procured for fifteen and thirty cents each. // 
may be better to have a good detail than the entire 
picture. In the majority of cases the same general 
program may be followed; — an essay or talk on each 
picture or group of pictures, and appropriate music. 

Consult: Van Dyke's " The Christ-Child in Art," 
Wallace's " Boyhood of Christ," P. W. Farrar's " The 
Life of Christ as Represented in Art, " Mrs. Jameson's 
" History of Our Lord in Art," Miss Hurll's The " Ma- 
donna in Art." 

I. The Madonnas. 

1. The Sistine Madonna, Murillo's Madonna and 
Child, Luigi Vivarini's Madonna and Child, Lorenzo Di 
Credi's Nativity, Giovanni Bellini's Madonna of San 
Zaccaria. 

2. Schongauer's Holy Family, Titian's Madonna and 
Saints, Bodenhausen. 

3. Gabriel Max's Madonna and Child, Madonna of 
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4. Fra Angelico's Madonna della Stella, Bougereau's 
Madonna of the Angels, Raphael's Madonna in the 
Meadow, Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, 

5, Madonnas by American artists. 

II. The Boyhood of Christ. 

1. The Boy Christ. — Bernardino Luini, Cesare da 
Sesto, Guido Reni, H. Hofmann. 

2. The Child Jesus in the Field. — Alfred Bramtot. 

3. The Child Jesus Taught by his Mother. — Luc 
Olivier Merson. 

4. Jesus and St. John. — Guido Reni, Botticelli. 

5. In the Shop of the Carpenter. — J. E. Millais, Hol- 
man Hunt. 

6. Christ in the Temple. — Duccio, Holman Hunt, 
Hofmann. 

III. Scenes in the Life of Christ, 

1. His Baptism. — Verrochio and Leonardo da Vinci, 
Franceschi. 

2. The Transfiguration. — Fra Angelico, Raphael. 

3. Ecce Homo. — Corregio, Guido, Cigoli, Ferrari, 
Rembrandt. 

4. The Crucifixion. — Fra Angelico, Leonardo, Ra- 
phael, Diirer, Van Dyck, Velasquez, Hofmann. 

5. The Ascension. — Giotto, Perugino, Hofmann. 
IV. The Prophets, Disciples, and Leaders. 

1. Statue of Moses. 

2. Elijah. 

3. Daniel (Dor6). 

4. Apostles Preaching (Dor£). 

5. Paul. 

6. Last Supper (L. da Vinci). 

7. Washing the Disciples* Feet (Ford, Maddox 
Brown). 

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V. Christ in the Home. 

1. At the Wedding in Cana of Galilee. — Veronese, 
Tintoretto. 

2. At the House of Mary and Martha. — Martin de 
Vos. 

3. Jesus at Simon's House. — Rossetti, Veronese. 

4. Peace be to this House. 

5. The Supper at Emmaus. — Bellini, Bonifazio, Mo- 
retto. 

6. Jesus Parting from His Mother. 

The Course of the Seasons. 

SPRING. 

1. An essay on Spring — its value, its delights, com- 
parison with other seasons. 

2. A Spring poem. 

3. Music — Spring songs. 

4. Tableau — * * Spring " or " Spring Scene. " 

SUMMER. 

1. An essay on Summer — its value, its delights, 
comparison with other seasons. 

2. A Summer Holiday, — Sport, or other light matter 
in prose or verse. 

3. Music — songs of the Summer time. 

4. Tableau — * * Summer ' ' or ' * Summer Scene. 99 

AUTUMN. 

1. An essay on Autumn— its value, its delights, com- 
parison with other seasons. 

2. Poem — An A utum n Idyl. 

3. Music — songs of the season. 

4. Tableau — ' ' Autumn "or ' 1 Autumn Scene. * ' 

WINTER. 

1. An essay on Winter — its value, its delights, com- 
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2. Poem — a Winter scene or song. 

3. Music — a song of the Winter season. 

4. Tableau — "Winter " or u Winter Scene." 

This can be gotten up quite elaborately or it can be 
simplified to four essays on the seasons, describing and 
comparing them. Here is an opportunity for a good 
deal of genuine humor. It can be made into a series of 
four entertainments. 

A Ray of Light. 

Idea: Show what a ray of light is and what it may 
do. 

1. A Journey of a Thousand Years. The journey of 
a ray of light from a distant star to the earth or some 
planet. 

2. A Ray of Light Analyzed. 

If possible have some capable person resolve a ray 
of light into the primary colors and explain same, or 
put the spectrum on the blackboard and have sonu 
one describe it. 

3. What a Ray of Light Did for a Noble Ship. A 
story of a ship saved from the rocks by the light from 
the lighthouse. 

4. A story. Some one tell in story form what a 
ray of light saw and did in a poor home it visited. 

A song — " I Entered Once a Home of Care." 

5. An Exploring Trip that an X-ray Took. 

This program may be made very interesting and in- 
structive. Any part you cannot have conveniently, you 
can omit and yet have a good program. The story form 
will prove effective if they are well told. 

Each topic may be made the theme for an evening's 
entertainment. To illustrate, note Topic 5 made into a 
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The Strange Adventures of Mr. X, Ray. 

Told by Himself. 

1. He tells something of his history, his ability to go 
anywhere, exceeding Jules Verne's greatest hero. 

2. A Night in a Scientist's Laboratory. 

3. What Ailed Billee? The investigation into the 
causes leading to the death of Mr. Billee Goat. 

4. A Peep into a Man's Pocket-book. 

5. Five Minutes in the Heart of a Man. 

Let each topic be carefully and entertainingly written 
up. Tell it just as Mr. X. Ray would tell it. 

Let us carry this idea on farther and make another 
entertainment out of the last topic. 

" In the Heart of a Man*" 

Let five persons, each supposing himself to have the 
power to look into " the heart of a man," tell what they 

saw. 

Or you might have the first one read a description of 
Mr. John Doe as the world saw him, telling just what 
the world's verdict was. This is his reputation. 

Then let the other four use their imaginations and 
picture what they saw. Bring it about that while they 
may see very different things, they shall all agree on 
certain things being found there. These mark char- 
acter. The difference between character and reputa- 
tion can be well worked out and yet all prove amusing 
(if well handled), interesting and profitable. 

New Inventions and Discoveries. 

A set of avowed " cranks" describe " the results of 
their many years of arduous labors," as: — 

1. Square Pegs for Round Holes. 

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3. A Passage to the Interior of the Earth via the 
North Pole. 

4. A Needle that is Never Lost. 

5. A Speed Register for Messenger Boys. 

6. An Automatic Increasingly-full Pocket-book. 

7. A Fountain of Perpetual Youth. 

A good deal of amusement may be gotten out of such 
a program and value through the inventive skill dis- 
played in descriptions. 

The nissionary Social. 

In preparation, let a committee search the library for 
the immortal sayings of the greatest missionary leaders, 
writing each on a separate piece of paper, together with 
the author's name, native land, years of birth and 
death, and field of labor; for example: — 

"My prospects are as bright as the 
promises of God." 

" Adoniram Judson. 
America — Burmah. 
1788-1850." 

There should be as many cards as expected attendants. 
Each card may be duplicated five or six times. Pencils 
and blank paper should be provided for each person 
present. Appropriate music, with brief addresses, reci- 
tations or readings might occupy the first half hour. 
Then let the chairman of the evening announce what 
use is to be made of the cards to be distributed, and 
that a prize is to be given to the person memorizing the 
greatest number within the next thirty minutes, explain- 
ing that the committee cannot enter the competition. 
After the distribution of the cards let the time be spent 
by the members in circulating among each other and 
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Promptly at the end of the time appointed, let the cards 
be collected and each one present be furnished with 
blank paper and pencil. Let ten minutes be given for 
the reproduction of the cards. While refreshments are 
being served or the social hour extended, let the papers 
be examined. The awarding of the prize by the pastor 
will offer him an opportunity to call attention to the im- 
mortal lives lying back of the immortal words studied 
during the evening. Instead of the above, 11 Facts 
about India," or about some other field, might be used. 

— From the " Missionary Spoke." 
" Singing Again the Old Songs." 
The program to consist of the singing of old favorites. 
It may be interspersed with brief sketches of the writ- 
ers, causes of popularity, etc., — not too much, just 
enough to vary the program. 

1. " Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot? " 

2. Short sketch of John Howard Payne, and " Home, 
Sweet Home. ' ' 

3. A good soloist sings the verses and all join in the 
chorus of " Home, Sweet Home." 

4. A sketch of Stephen C. Foster, telling about his 
writing of the famous " Plantation Melodies." 

5. Have a quartette of young colored men sing " My 
Old Kentucky Home " and " Old Folks at Home." 

6. Sketch — * 4 Thomas Moore and his Irish Melo- 
dies." 

7. Some good soprano sing " 'Tis the Last Rose of 
Summer" and " Oft in the Stilly Night." 

8. " A Sketch of Charles Wesley, the Hymn Writer." 

9. Sing several of his best numbers. 

10. A series of songs that have been well-known for 
years in your own community. 

11. What is the American song? Why? 

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" If I Were a Voice." 

Different members are to tell what wrong they would 
right or danger avert or condition change if they could 
reach all men the wide world over and arouse them to 
action. 

A program might take such a form as this: 

1. The song — " If I were a Voice. 1 * 

2. An essay by a young lady who sets forth her pur- 
pose to arouse her sisters to greater zeal in missionary 
effort. 

3. A missionary song. 

4. An oration on " Siberia and its Cruelties." 

5. A song of liberty. 

6. A humorous article on " An Effort to Banish the 
Mother-in-law Joke." 

7. An oration — " The Union of Labor and Capital." 

8. An essay — " A Message to Every Young Man and 
Woman, — Go to College." 

9. Concluding song — ' ■ Blest Be the Tie That Binds. " 

School Days; 

1. Some elderly person describes the old-fashioned 
log school-house, methods, etc. Ten minutes. 

2. The Kindergarten. A kindergartner brings in a 
class of boys and girls and carries them through an ex- 
ercise to show just how kindergarten work is done. 
Ten minutes. 

3. Address on " The Public-School System in Amer- 
ica." Ten minutes. 

4. Paper — "Colleges, Universities and Special 
Schools. • ■ Ten minutes. 

5. Reminiscences — A dozen persons or more tell 
incidents in their school experience. 

Music by school orchestra. School songs. Thirty 
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The Blood of the Martyrs. 

1 The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the 
church." 

1. Paper— What does this statement mean? Tell in 
general terms. 

2. Stephen, the First Martyr. 

3. " The Avon to the Severn runs, 

The Severn to the sea; 

And Wickliffe's dust shall spread abroad, 

Wide as its waters be." 

4. John Huss and Jerome of Prague. 

5. The Inquisition, 

6. Unnamed Heroes who Died for Their Faith. 

7. How have the Martyrs Saved the Faith and 
Spread the Gospel? 

Let the music be the great hymns of the church set- 
ting forth the trials of the early Christians, the struggles 
of Christ's followers and the victories of faith. 

Current History Club. 

This club should meet once every two weeks at the 
home of a member. Its reading is to be done during 
the interim as the time of each one will permit. Its 
purpose is to study themes or topics of the day. Sup- 
pose that the topic for the next meeting is, " The Im- 
pending Conflict in Southern Africa." Each member 
reads newspapers, magazines, histories, encyclopedias 
to thoroughly " post" himself as to the causes of the 
contention, the present status, the probabilities, etc. 
He must seek to be master of the subject, the best 
informed one there. The meeting can take the plan of 
a fixed program, touching various phases of the subject 
or, as the writer would prefer, use the evening as a 
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For this particular evening it might be well to let one 
person present the case for England and one for the 
Boers, No single plan should be followed at all meet- 
ings. Use devices that will give opportunity for devel- 
opment of theme through conversation. Cultivate 
thus " this neglected art." If all are filled with facts, it 
will be easy for all " to talk." 

For other evenings use: " The two best books of cur- 
rent fiction," with a review of each; "The Spanish- 
American War," carefully and thoroughly investigating 
its causes, saying little or nothing about its actual 
events, but a comprehensive view as to its far-reaching 
changes and results; "The Dreyfus Trial" — condi- 
tions in France, forces at work there, militarism, what 
is the real significance of the trial, etc. ; " Trusts, Their 
Uses and Abuses " — clear explanation as to what they 
are, dangers, influence they have and power they wield, 
shall they be destroyed or a study be made of them and 
they be utilized, etc. Of course these topics may be 
of no current value at the time you read this, but they 
suggest the field this work can occupy. If a new and 
suddenly popular book comes out, or some great na- 
tional or international event occurs, take it up and study 
it at once. The whole purpose is to be well-informed 
on the living questions of the day. Have a regular 
club or committee organization to plan, select topics, 
manage the social features and " keep things moving." 



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